Question

Recursive Multiplication in Python

Design a recursive function that accepts two arguments into the parameters x and
y. The function should return the value of x times y. Remember, multiplication can
be performed as repeated addition as follows:

6 × 4 = 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4

Answer 1

def multiply(x, y):
  #This is a recursive function that adds the number itself and find the product
  if x == 1:
      # If x is 1 then y is returned
      return y
  else:
      #this Adds y to itself untill it becomes 1
      return (y + multiply(x-1, y))

num1 = int(input('Enter num1:'))
num2 = int(input('Enter num2:'))
print( num1,"*", num2, "=", multiply(num1, num2))

Output: