Thanks. I think I understand why I wouldn't want to use it in this case. But what is an example of where I can use it? This makes me think I should avoid using bitwise operators with integers and keep it to strings only, but I know that's not true from what I've learned.
milon
Thank you for breaking it down.
I'm just now sure when it is appropriate to use '|'. If bitwise operators can only be used with integers (and not floats), what's an example where I can use it.
Yes I did eventually think of that as well but just wanted to understand why '|' wasn't producing the results I expected.
Yes, that helps. Thanks. I see now how n goes from 1 to 2 to 3...etc. Now not so sure how i = 1 when the for loop starts.
Yes - I finally caught that part about n as it's just moving in reverse so it gets decremented. Now I'm not sure about i. In the debugger when the program gets to the for loop both n and i are equal to 1. The n I understand but i?
Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation.
I see. I guess my understanding was that the recursion was over after the recursive call, but it's actually for all the code in draw().
Thanks. I did see that. I have a general understanding of how recursion works I think where the function calls itself again and again but I don't get why the code (for loop) below the draw(n - 1) is recursive.
Right. I was aware it was recursion as stated in the title of my post. I had two questions specific to where the for loop returns after printing #.
Why does the for loop return when it hits the end of the function? Isn't the recursive portion already completed in draw(n - 1)? The rest of it is just normal non-recursive code if I understand it correctly.
Thank you for the reply. It seems bitwise operators are somewhat of an advanced concept that I may revisit down the road.