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A simple, but mysterious function
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| // This is simply some pseudo code; applicable to any programming language that has support for | |
| // basic data types and recursive functions | |
| // Two questions: | |
| // 1- Solve the "mystery": what does the function do? | |
| // 2- Enhance the function to accommodate other integers. | |
| function mystery(int a, int b) { | |
| if (b == 1) { | |
| return a | |
| } | |
| return mystery(a, b - 1) + a | |
| } |
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It is a function that shows multiplication by repeated addition.