Thanks. I think I understand why I wouldn't want to use it in this case. But what is an example of where I can use it? This makes me think I should avoid using bitwise operators with integers and keep it to strings only, but I know that's not true from what I've learned.
I'm just now sure when it is appropriate to use '|'. If bitwise operators can only be used with integers (and not floats), what's an example where I can use it.
I did come across that link but didn't quite understand it. If looking only at 25 | 10, does the code not run as expected because 25 is 5 digits long and 10 is 4 digits long? Is that what's meant by "two equivalent length bit designs"?
Yes - I finally caught that part about n as it's just moving in reverse so it gets decremented. Now I'm not sure about i. In the debugger when the program gets to the for loop both n and i are equal to 1. The n I understand but i?
Thanks. I did see that. I have a general understanding of how recursion works I think where the function calls itself again and again but I don't get why the code (for loop) below the draw(n - 1) is recursive.
Why does the for loop return when it hits the end of the function? Isn't the recursive portion already completed in draw(n - 1)? The rest of it is just normal non-recursive code if I understand it correctly.
It's supposed to be a pyramid but not my code. It's an example of a recursive function from a CS50 lecture and I'm just trying to understand how the code works line by line.
Ah ha! Yes, I did check the docs but I think I just glanced over that portion. Be more careful next time.
The < is a less than sign but it seems it doesn't render correctly on Lemmy.
Ah I see. I had a bad habit of using else if statements instead of else statements because I thought else if could be better in seeing the condition it's testing for so it was clearer. I get the logic is actually different now.
Thanks. I think I understand why I wouldn't want to use it in this case. But what is an example of where I can use it? This makes me think I should avoid using bitwise operators with integers and keep it to strings only, but I know that's not true from what I've learned.