python: Convert a for loop into a recursion function

Question

First of all, I\'m still a newb to python so please take it easy on me.

I\'ve done my research and I have a basic understanding of how to write a recursive function

Answer 1

def recurseDict(dictionary):
    if "children" in dictionary:
        return recurseDict(dictionary['children'])
    else:
        return "Whatever you want to return here -- you didn't specify"

This will take a dictionary, check if "children" is one of its keys, then recurse through the dictionary dictionary['children'] and etc etc until it gets to a point where there isn't a 'children' key (e.g. the dictionary has no further branches) where it goes into the else branch and you can return whatever the heck you want -- you didn't specify.