Which repetition approach is less efficient a loop or a recursive function why?

In general loops are less efficient because they have to go through data one at a time no matter what. Recursion allows you to split the data into smaller pieces each time the function is called. In general terms the efficiency of loops is x and the efficiency of recursion is log(x)

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