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Java CW Recursive

The document contains 4 questions related to recursion in Java: 1) Write a recursive power method to calculate base^exponent. It handles even and odd exponents separately. 2) Write a recursive factorial method and test it by calculating 0! to 10!. 3) Modify the factorial method to print the recursion steps for readability. 4) Write a recursive binary search method to search an array and return the index if found, else print not found. Test it by searching values in a sample array.

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Java CW Recursive

The document contains 4 questions related to recursion in Java: 1) Write a recursive power method to calculate base^exponent. It handles even and odd exponents separately. 2) Write a recursive factorial method and test it by calculating 0! to 10!. 3) Modify the factorial method to print the recursion steps for readability. 4) Write a recursive binary search method to search an array and return the index if found, else print not found. Test it by searching values in a sample array.

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Class Work:

1. Show the output of the following program:

public class RangeSum {

public static void main(String[] args)

int[] numbers = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};

System.out.print("The sum of elements 2 through " +

"5 is "+ rangeSum(numbers, 2, 5));

public static int rangeSum(int[] array, int start, int end)

if (start > end)

return 0;

else

return array[start] + rangeSum(array, start + 1, end);

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2. What does the following statements display?

package javaapplication208;

public class JavaApplication208 {

public static void main(String[] args) {

int[] array = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 };

int result = mystery( array, array.length );

System.out.printf( "Result is: %d\n", result );

public static int mystery( int[] array2, int size )

if ( size == 1 )

return array2[ 0 ];

else

return array2[ size - 1 ] + mystery( array2, size - 1 );

} // end method mystery

1. (Recursive power Method ). Write a recursive method power (base, exponent) that,
when called, returns
Baseexponent
For example, power (3 ,4) = 3*3 *3 *3.Assume that exponent is an integer greater than or equal
to 1.
Case 1: when exponent is even number
Case 2: when the exponent is odd number
Incorporate this method into a program that enables the user to enter base and exponent.

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// program 1
package javaapplication237;
public class JavaApplication237 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
for ( int counter = 0; counter <= 10; counter++ )
System.out.printf( "%d! = %d\n", counter, factorial( counter ) );

}
public static long factorial( long number ) {
if ( number <= 1 ) // test for base case
return 1; // base cases: 0! = 1 and 1! = 1
else // recursion step
return number * factorial( number - 1 );
} // end method factorial

run:
0! = 1
1! = 1
2! = 2
3! = 6
4! = 24
5! = 120
6! = 720
7! = 5040
8! = 40320
9! = 362880
10! = 3628800
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)

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3.(Visualizing Recursion) It’s interesting to watch recursion ‘in action”. Modify the factorial method
in program 1. to print its local variable and recursive-call parameter. For each recursive call, display
the outputs on a separate line and add a level of indentation. Your goal here is to design and
implement an output format that makes it easier to understand recursion.

run:

Step 1: 1

0! = 1

Step 1: 1

1! = 1

Step 1: 2 * factorial( 1 )

Step 2: 1

2! = 2

Step 1: 3 * factorial( 2 )

Step 2: 2 * factorial( 1 )

Step 3: 1

3! = 6

Step 1: 4 * factorial( 3 )

Step 2: 3 * factorial( 2 )

Step 3: 2 * factorial( 1 )

Step 4: 1

4! = 24

BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 3 seconds)

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4.(Recursive Binary Search) Write a recursive RecursiveBinarySearch method to
perform a binary search of the array. The method should receive the search key, starting index
and ending index as arguments. If the search key is found, return its index in the array. If the
search key is not found, prints search key was not found. Also write a program to test your
method.

Array elements : {101,142,147,189,199,207,222,

234,289,296,310,319,388,394,

417,429,447,521,536,600 };

run:

Enter a value to search for :189

189 was found at element 3

Do you want to search again? ( Y or N): Y

Enter a value to search for :600

600 was found at element 19

Do you want to search again? ( Y or N): Y

Enter a value to search for :1

1 was not found

Do you want to search again? ( Y or N): N

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