Dnyanesh Dasare dnyanesh-github
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/ recursion.py
Created
July 31, 2022 12:43
— forked from ayubmetah/recursion.py
Fill in the blanks to make the is_power_of function return whether the number is a power of the given base. Note: base is assumed to be a positive number. Tip: for functions that return a boolean value, you can return the result of a comparison.
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| def is_power_of(number, base): | |
| # Base case: when number is smaller than base. | |
| if number < base: | |
| # If number is equal to 1, it's a power (base**0). | |
| return number == 1 | |
| # Recursive case: keep dividing number by base. | |
| return is_power_of(number/base, base) |