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Q&A Recursion without a procedure ("function") in JavaScript

Credit for User:Meriton for developing the following code (first published here): function replaceIn(e) { if (e.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) { e.nodeValue = e.nodeValue.replaceAll("a", "");...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

#4: Post edited by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2022-04-29T06:11:09Z (almost 2 years ago)
added relevant tag
#3: Post edited by (deleted user) · 2022-04-28T19:44:10Z (almost 2 years ago)
  • Credit for [User:Meriton](https://software.codidact.com/users/53280) for developing the following code ([first published here](https://software.codidact.com/posts/286304/286317#answer-286317)):
  • ```javascript
  • function replaceIn(e) {
  • if (e.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
  • e.nodeValue = e.nodeValue.replaceAll("a", "");
  • } else {
  • for (const child of e.childNodes) {
  • replaceIn(child);
  • }
  • }
  • }
  • replaceIn(document.body);
  • ```
  • Is it possible to get essentially the same recursive behavior without a procedure which calls itself?
  • Is there anything built-in in latest releases of EcmaScript that will allow this?
  • Credit for [User:Meriton](https://software.codidact.com/users/53280) for developing the following code ([first published here](https://software.codidact.com/posts/286304/286317#answer-286317)):
  • ```javascript
  • function replaceIn(e) {
  • if (e.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
  • e.nodeValue = e.nodeValue.replaceAll("a", "");
  • } else {
  • for (const child of e.childNodes) {
  • replaceIn(child);
  • }
  • }
  • }
  • replaceIn(document.body);
  • ```
  • Is it possible to get essentially the same recursive behavior without a procedure which calls itself?
  • Is there anything built-in in EcmaScript to cause this?
#2: Post edited by user avatar hkotsubo‭ · 2022-04-28T14:53:23Z (almost 2 years ago)
added relevant tag
Recursion without a procedure ("function") in JavaScript
Credit for [User:Meriton](https://software.codidact.com/users/53280) for developing the following code ([first published here](https://software.codidact.com/posts/286304/286317#answer-286317)):

```javascript
function replaceIn(e) {
  if (e.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    e.nodeValue = e.nodeValue.replaceAll("a", "");
  } else {
    for (const child of e.childNodes) {
      replaceIn(child);
    }
  }
}

replaceIn(document.body);
```

Is it possible to get essentially the same recursive behavior without a procedure which calls itself?

Is there anything built-in in latest releases of EcmaScript that will allow this?
#1: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2022-04-28T13:51:07Z (almost 2 years ago)
Recursion without a procedure ("function") in JavaScript
Credit for [User:Meriton](https://software.codidact.com/users/53280) for developing the following code ([first published here](https://software.codidact.com/posts/286304/286317#answer-286317)):

```javascript
function replaceIn(e) {
  if (e.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    e.nodeValue = e.nodeValue.replaceAll("a", "");
  } else {
    for (const child of e.childNodes) {
      replaceIn(child);
    }
  }
}

replaceIn(document.body);
```

Is it possible to get essentially the same recursive behavior without a procedure which calls itself?

Is there anything built-in in latest releases of EcmaScript that will allow this?