INTERACTIVE COURSE

Recursion for Coding Interviews in Java

Intermediate

51 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

39 Playgrounds

9 Challenges

6 Quizzes

440 Illustrations

Course Overview

If you’ve got an interview coming up and want to brush up on your knowledge, or if you’ve ever struggled with solving coding problems using recursion, you'll find this course helpful. You’ll start with the basics of what recursion is and why it’s important before diving into what it looks like in practice. You’ll see how recursion can help you solve a variety of different math, string, and data structure problems by using interactive code playgrounds that you can execute directly in your browser. You’ll h...Show More

Course Content

Fundamentals of Recursion

What is Recursion?

Recursion and Memory Visualization Direct vs. Indirect Recursion When to use Recursion

What to Expect

Understanding a Recursive Problem Advantages and Disadvantages

Iteration to Recursion

Iteration Recursion vs. Iteration Changing Iterative Code to Recursive

Challenge 1: Length of a Linked List Solution Review: Length of a Linked List Quick Quiz on Iteration!

Recursion with Numbers

The Exponent of a Number Sum of Integers from 1 to n Modulo using Recursion Computing Fibonacci Sequence Challenge 1: Find the Greatest Common Divisor Solution Review: Find the Greatest Common Divisor Challenge 2: Check for Prime Number Solution Review: Check for Prime Number Challenge 3: Convert Decimal Number to Binary Number Solution Review: Convert Decimal Number to Binary Number Quick Quiz on Recursion with Numbers!

Recursion with Strings

Reversing a String Removing Duplicates in a String Merging Strings in Alphabetic Order Challenge 1: Let's find the total number of vowels!Solution Review: Let's find the total number of vowels!Challenge 2: Print all Permutations of a String Solution Review: Permutations of a String Challenge 3: Is this String a Palindrome?Solution Review: Is this String a Palindrome?Quick Quiz on Recursion with Strings!

Recursion with Arrays

Find the First Occurrence of a Number in an Array Count the Number of Occurrences of a Number in an Array Replacing each Negative Integer with a 0 in an Array Invert the Position of Elements in an Array Challenge 1: Find if the Array is a Palindrome Solution Review: Find if the Array is a Palindrome Challenge 2: Sort an Array Solution Review: Sort an Array Quick Quiz on Recursion with Arrays!

Recursion with Data Structures

8 Lessons

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