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Sounds like two different things? When a function calls itself, it's referred to a _recursion_, or a _recursive function_.
In either case, though, a function (normally) only has access to things from outside of it if they are passed in as function parameters; so if you need access to something from another function, then either you need to call that function and it needs to return what you're looking for, or if the data is going the other way, you need to pass the data of interest into the newly called function via a parameter (a.k.a. argument).@NogDogAug 28.2020 — #In this rather silly (and untested) example,
Functions that call eachother
Hello guys, I am looking for someone to explain me something since I can’t find a clear answer. My question is about functions that call themselves. I saw that it is possible to build a list of functions that are ‘chained’ together and for example the first function calls the second one then the second one calls another one. My confusion is : Lets say that you have a second function that has a variable` let a = 12;
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@NogDogAug 28.2020 — #>@klajdi#1622659 My question is about functions that call themselves.
>@klajdi#1622659 build a list of functions that are 'chained' together
Sounds like two different things? When a function calls itself, it's referred to a _recursion_, or a _recursive function_.
In either case, though, a function (normally) only has access to things from outside of it if they are passed in as function parameters; so if you need access to something from another function, then either you need to call that function and it needs to return what you're looking for, or if the data is going the other way, you need to pass the data of interest into the newly called function via a parameter (a.k.a. argument).
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@NogDogAug 28.2020 — #In this rather silly (and untested) example, some_text<i>
</i>function my_func(some_text) {
if(some_text.length >= 10) {
return some_text;
}
some_text = some_text + "x";
return(my_func(some_text));
}