function recursion in javascript code example

Example 1: recursive function javascript

function pow(x, n) {
  if (n == 1) {
    return x;
  } else {
    return x * pow(x, n - 1);
  }
}

alert( pow(3, 3) ); // 27

Example 2: recursion in javascript

var countdown = function(value) {
    if (value > 0) {
        console.log(value);
        return countdown(value - 1);
    } else {
        return value;
    }
};
countdown(10);