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while loop mystery

Language/Type: Java method basics mod mystery while loops
Author: Marty Stepp (on 2010/12/28)

Given the following method: 

public static void whileMystery(int i, int j) {
    int k = 0;
    while (i < j && k < j) {
        i = i + k;
        j--;
        k++;
        System.out.print(i + ", ");
    }

    System.out.println(k);
}

Write the output of each of the following calls.

whileMystery(3, 5);
whileMystery(5, 3);
whileMystery(-3, 6);
whileMystery(2, 12);
whileMystery(-9, 10);

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