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Im dealing with recursion in class right now and im not sure as to what this lin

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Question

 Im dealing with recursion in class right now and im not sure as to what this line does can sone one help thanks.  return k > 0 ? k + sum(k - 1) : 0;

Explanation / Answer

k > 0 ? k + sum(k - 1) : 0; This is a ternary operation ternary operation is in the form -> condition ? expression1 : expression2 if condition evaluates to true, then expression1 is executed if condition evaluates to false, then expression2 is executed return k > 0 ? k + sum(k - 1) : 0; This statement returns value of "k + sum(k - 1)" if "k > 0" is true This statement returns value of 0 if "k > 0" is false Hope it's clear If it's not, please let me know and please upvote this answer. Thank you!