I know, loosely speaking, if we can define a function $f$ in term of \begin{align} &f(0,\vec{x})=g(\vec{x})\\ &f(n+1,\vec{x})=h(f(n),n,\vec{x}) \end{align} where functions $g,h$ are primitive recursive. Then $f$ is primitive recursive.
However, what it means to show a function is primitive recursive by induction?
I had read above explaination on page 93 on book $\textit{Computability}$ by Epstein and Carnielli, but still I'm not sure if I got the idea. Could someone provide some examples about how a inductive definition shows a function is primitive recursive?