Conditionals and Recursion

An operator, denoted with a percent sign (%), that works on integers and yields the remainder when one number is divided by another.

An expression whose value is either True or False.

One of the operators that compares its operands: =, !=, >, =, and <=.

One of the operators that combines boolean expressions: and, or, and not.

A statement that controls the flow of execution depending on some condition.

The boolean expression in a conditional statement that determines which branch is executed.

A statement that consists of a header and a body. The header ends with a colon (:). The body is indented relative to the heaader.

One of the alternative sequences of statements in a conditional statement.

A conditional statement with a series of alternative branches.

A conditional statement that appears in one of the branches of another conditional statement.

The process of calling the function that is currently executing.

A conditional branch in a recursive function that does not make a recursive call.

A recursion that doesn’t have a base case, or never reaches it. Eventually, an infinite recursion causes a runtime error.