// This Object needs to be global
var meta = new Object();
meta.res = "";
main();

function main() {
	var val = 11;
	var cnt = 0;
	var result = recurs(val, cnt); // call the function
	alert(meta.res); // this is already the end
	return "End Of function 'main()'"; // just a return type
}

/**
 * thie recursive function that cals itself
 * @param  {Number} p1      Gets reduced every call
 * @param  {Number} counter will count up every call
 * @return {null}         just stops fills up a global Object
 */
function recurs(p1, counter) {
	p1--;
	counter++;
	// this is important if you don't check we will run into an infinite loop
	if (p1 <= 0) {
		$.writeln(counter); // write to console. Extendscript specific call
		meta.res = String(
			"We are at the end of the recursion in " + counter + " loops",
		); // set the global
		return; // end it
	} else {
		// THIS IS RECURSIVE the function calls itself!
		recurs(p1, counter);
	}
}