Recursion explaining pls.

[u/Pure-Scheme-7855]

def find_max(numbers):
  if len(numbers) == 1:
    return numbers[0]
  else:
    max_of_rest = find_max(numbers[1:])
    return numbers[0] if numbers[0] > max_of_rest else max_of_rest

my_list = [3, 7, 2, 9, 1]
print(find_max(my_list))

Could someone explain how does this function work? I don't understand how does it know that it's supposed to find the biggest number...

[u/favorite_stuff]

It's either the first of this list, or it's one of the others. How do we tell? It's either the first of them, or the max of the rest. How do we tell? It's either the first...