chapter 4: conditionals and recursion

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modulus: calculates the remainder

==

equals

!=

Not equal

>=

Greater than or equal to

<=

Less than or equal to

Both sides of a conditional operator have to be _______.

The same type

= vs. ==

Assignment operator vs. conditional operator

Sequence of “if” statements

Program will go through executing each conditional

if : else : else if sequence

Program will stop executing as soon as the first condition is met.

What happens when an argument reaches zero?

Function returns immediately

Conditional

A block of statements that are executed only depending on the truth of the statements.

Chaining

A way of joining conditional statements in sequence.

Nesting

Putting a conditional statement inside one or both branches of another conditional statement.

Recursion

The process of calling the same function you are executing.

Infinite recursion

A function that will call itself without ever reaching the base case. The sequence will theoretically continue forever but it will eventually result in a run-time error in actuality.