[Python] Python recursion prints all elements repeatedly instead of printing each elements on...

I'm trying to write a recursive function that prints all the elements from the list but the output is not what I expected. It first prints the numbers infinity (1)... and then crashes.

So what am I doing wrong here?

Here is my code

I tried returning the print_list with lst[0:] and it prints

def print_list(lst):
if not lst:
return 0
else:
print(lst[0])
return print_list(lst[0:])


print_list([1,2,3,4,5])


output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\pyprac\Main.py", line 9, in <module>
print_list([1,2,3,4,5])
File "C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\pyprac\Main.py", line 6, in print_list
return print_list(lst[0:])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\pyprac\Main.py", line 6, in print_list
return print_list(lst[0:])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\pyprac\Main.py", line 6, in print_list
return print_list(lst[0:])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[Previous line repeated 994 more times]
File "C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\pyprac\Main.py", line 5, in print_list
print(lst[0])
RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
...



My expected output:

1
2
3
4
5


Any help will be appreciated!

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