Python string length recursion

Question

I'm blanking out trying to write a simple function to count the string length recursively.

I can do sums, fibonacci, and factorial easy but I'm trying to create the simplest function with only one parameter, I don't like having a second just as a counter index..

Can any post something small for me?

Answer 1

Is this what you are looking for?

def recursiveLength(theString):
    if theString == '': return 0
    return 1 + recursiveLength(theString[1:])