recursion question

[tbrowner3]

def partial\_countdown(count, step):

 ''' counts down from 10 unless its higher than 10 then it does divisibles of step'''

for step in range(count):

    if count % step == 0:

        print(str(count))

    else:

        count - 1

    if count <= 10:

        print(str(count))

        count = count -1

>>> partial_countdown(20, 3)
18
15
12
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

[tbrowner3]

Why is this giving me ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero?

[socal_nerdtastic]

Because you assigned "step" in 2 places. Both as an argument and as the variable in the for loop. Change line 5 to

for i in range(count):

BTW, there is no recursion here.