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Count items in a list recursive in Python 3
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count_items_recursive.py
def count(items):
if not items:
return 0
return 1 + count(items[1:])
nums = [0, 1, 5, 9, 22, 33, 44, 88, 333, 555, 666, 999]
result = count(nums)
print(result)
print(len(nums))
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