Recursion

Nope, a recursive function calls itself. In the video it is described how you can pass a function (somthing) => {console.log(something);} inside of another function: window.setTimeOut() .

A recursive function is something like:

let recursiveFunction = (n) => {
    //stop condition
    if(n === 1 || n === 2){
        return 1;
    }

    //call
    return recursiveFunction (n - 2) + recursiveFunction (n - 1);
}

for(let i = 1; i < 20; i ++){
    document.write("<p>fib(" + i +"): " + recursiveFunction(i) + "</p>");
}

This writes out all the fibonacci numbers from 1 to 20.

Recursion is a technique for iterating over an operation by having a function call itself repeatedly until it arrives at a result. So, for this example, recursion is not being used. It's a self executing function which receives something = "Greetings, everyone!" as parameter.

function recurse(depth)
{
 try
 {
  return recurse(depth + 1);
 }
 catch(ex)
 {
  return depth;
 }
}

var maxRecursion = recurse(1);
document.write("Recursion depth on this system is " + maxRecursion);

Have fun :D

Ahhh.. sweet clarity. Thanks so much, I guess I'm confusing the 'calling within' technique with the iteration calling itself repeatedly, although the concepts seem may seem somewhat connnected, they are fundamentally different! Thanks

Naw, it's still good - I am trying to get past being stuck in the concepts, and just apply the programming logic. It's 'easy' but it's complicated to sort through sometimes, anyway I tried your example, and it helps a lot!