Exiting While loop

I am using a helper function to search for a folder in Google Drive that contains a number. I want to search all folders and subfolders of a specific folder. The problem is that when it finds it it does not exit the while loop

function buscarCarpeta(origen, curso) {
  var curso = curso.toString();
  var folders = origen.getFolders();
  while (folders.hasNext()) {
    var folder = folders.next();
    var name = folder.getName();
    var scr = name.search(curso);
    if (scr > -1) {
      Logger.log("Encontrado");
      return folder
    }
    buscarCarpeta(folder, curso);
  }
}

I don't know how to do it so it returns the correct folder.

You don't stop the original while loop from continuing, even after the folder is found in a deeper level of the recursion.

To fix this issue, you need to handle the result of the recursive call and break out when a match is found like this:

function buscarCarpeta(origen, curso) {
    curso = curso.toString();
    var folders = origen.getFolders();
    
    while (folders.hasNext()) {
        var folder = folders.next();
        var name = folder.getName();
        var scr = name.search(curso);
        
        if (scr > -1) {
            Logger.log("Encontrado");
            return folder; // Exit on folder found
        }
        
        // Recursive call on subfolders
        var found = buscarCarpeta(folder, curso);
        if (found) {
            return found; // Return the folder
        }
    }
    
    return null; // no folder founded
}

Hope this was helpfull; happy coding!