From 8813c4bfdb2ae51e27332ac8673e1ee8fdf7dd48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "colin-codegen[bot]"
 <137733214+colin-codegen[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 21:03:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Implemented recursive function in Chat.tsx

---
 src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx b/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
index 3898051..8067c2f 100644
--- a/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,16 @@ const createMessage = (text: string, isUserMessage: boolean): Message => {
   };
 };
 
+// Implement the recursive function that sums an array of integers
+const recursiveArraySum = (arr: number[]): number => {
+  if (arr.length === 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  return arr[0] + recursiveArraySum(arr.slice(1));   
+};
+
 export default function Chat() {
+
   const userId = useAtomValue(chatUserIdAtom);
 
   // ref to track text area and scroll text into view

From c33230dc20a8994a27b7327ffac2b8041e4a447a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "colin-codegen[bot]"
 <137733214+colin-codegen[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 21:06:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Moved recursive function implementation inside useEffect
 hook as per feedback

---
 src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx b/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
index 8067c2f..0ed8143 100644
--- a/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
@@ -41,18 +41,23 @@ const createMessage = (text: string, isUserMessage: boolean): Message => {
   };
 };
 
-// Implement the recursive function that sums an array of integers
-const recursiveArraySum = (arr: number[]): number => {
-  if (arr.length === 0) {
-    return 0;
-  }
-  return arr[0] + recursiveArraySum(arr.slice(1));   
-};
+
 
 export default function Chat() {
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Implement the recursive function that sums an array of integers
+    const recursiveArraySum = (arr: number[]): number => {
+      if (arr.length === 0) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      return arr[0] + recursiveArraySum(arr.slice(1));   
+    };
+  }, []);
+
   const userId = useAtomValue(chatUserIdAtom);
 
+
   // ref to track text area and scroll text into view
   const ref = useRef<HTMLParagraphElement | null>(null);