recursion help

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[raw otter]

{
    fullBoard = checkBoard(chessBoard);
    if (fullBoard)
    {
        return fullBoard = true;
    }

    if (row - 2 > -1 && col + 1 < 5)
{
    if (chessBoard[row - 2][col + 1] < 1)
    {
        tries++;
        chessBoard[row - 2][col + 1] = moveNum;
        return fullBoard = moveKnight(row - 2, col + 1, moveNum + 1, fullBoard);
        chessBoard[row - 2][col + 1] - moveNum;
    }
}
...      
    
    if (fullBoard)
    {
        return true;
    }

    return false;
}

(simplified so discord lets me post it

[mystic lance]

Did you mean to have that return fullBoard = ...?

That's going to make the function return

[raw otter]

having it be return fullBoard = true/false still has it exit all recursions