using recursion

[wagn31]

new to python and I have this assingment: I need to write a recursive function that takes paramaters (aString,nTimes) and it needs to print the aString parameter the number of times specified by nTimes. I cannot use a for or while loop, just recursion. How would I go about doing this? all i know how to do is get it started and use recursion to call function again.

def printNtimes(aString,nTimes):

I also know how to do it using recursion with one parameter:

def n_lines(n):
      if n>0:
          print "Line"
          n_lines(n-1)

[bartonc]

new to python and I have this assingment: I need to write a recursive function that takes paramaters (aString,nTimes) and it needs to print the aString parameter the number of times specified by nTimes. I cannot use a for or while loop, just recursion. How would I go about doing this? all i know how to do is get it started and use recursion to call function again.

def printNtimes(aString,nTimes):

I also know how to do it using recursion with one parameter:

def n_lines(n):
      if n>0:
          print "Line"
          n_lines(n-1)

It's just the same; no big change:

def n_lines(anStr, n):
      if n>0:
          print anStr
          n_lines(anStr, n-1)
 
 
n_lines("hello", 5)

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[bvdet]

It's just the same; no big change:

def n_lines(anStr, n):
      if n>0:
          print anStr
          n_lines(anStr, n-1)
 
 
n_lines("hello", 5)

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A very minor change:

def n_lines(anStr, n):
      if n:
          print anStr
          n_lines(anStr, n-1)