Recursive Add From 1 to 10 | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a recursive program that adds numbers from 1 to 10.

Implement recursive_sum(n) so that it returns the sum of every integer from 1 through n. The function must use recursion, with n = 10 producing the requested result.

Input and Output

Input: A positive integer n.
Output: The integer sum from 1 through n.

Constraints

1 <= n <= 10
The input is a positive integer.
Use recursion rather than loops.
Do not use Python's built-in sum() function.

Function Signature

def recursive_sum(n):

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