Home›Articles›Why iteration needs to know how many times to repeatArticleWhy iteration needs to know how many times to repeatArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnIteration, Concepts Well-attested SourcesIteration (Wikipedia)Relation with recursionQuote, Relation with recursionThe primary difference is that recursion can be a solution without prior knowledge as to how many times the action must repeat, while a successful iteration requires that foreknowledge.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.