{"id":9729,"date":"2025-08-28T18:20:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namastedev.com\/blog\/?p=9729"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:06:35","slug":"function-to-calculate-factorial-of-a-number-using-recursion_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namastedev.com\/blog\/function-to-calculate-factorial-of-a-number-using-recursion_\/","title":{"rendered":"Function to calculate factorial of a number using Recursion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Sum of all numbers in array using Recursion 1 -->\n<link\n    href=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/prismjs@1.29.0\/themes\/prism-tomorrow.min.css\"\n    rel=\"stylesheet\"\n\/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/prismjs@1.29.0\/prism.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/prismjs@1.29.0\/plugins\/autoloader\/prism-autoloader.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n<style>\n.wp_blog_theme {\n  --primary: #E58C32;\n  --secondary: #030302;\n  --light-bg: #fef9f4;\n  --text-dark: #2d2d2d;\n  --tab-radius: 12px;\n  --shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);\n  --code-bg: #001f3f;\n  --code-text: #d4f1ff;\n}\n\n.wp_blog_container {\n  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;\n  background: var(--light-bg);\n  margin: 0;\n  padding: 0;\n  color: var(--text-dark);\n}\n\n\/* Heading *\/\n.wp_blog_main-heading {\n  text-align: center;\n  font-size: 2.4rem;\n  color: var(--primary);\n  margin-top: 2.5rem;\n  font-weight: bold;\n}\n\n\/* Explanation Card *\/\n.wp_blog_explanation,\n.wp_blog_code-tabs-container {\n  max-width: 940px;\n  margin: 2rem auto;\n  padding: 2rem;\n  background: white;\n  border-radius: var(--tab-radius);\n  box-shadow: var(--shadow);\n}\n\n\/* Text and Visuals *\/\n.wp_blog_explanation h2 {\n  font-size: 1.4rem;\n  color: var(--primary);\n  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\n}\n\n.wp_blog_explanation p,\n.wp_blog_explanation li {\n  font-size: 1.05rem;\n  line-height: 1.7;\n  margin: 0.5rem 0;\n}\n\n.wp_blog_explanation code {\n  background: #fef9f4; 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