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recursiveTracing

Language/Type: Java recursion recursive tracing
Author: Marty Stepp

For each call to the following method, indicate what output is produced:

public static void mystery(int n) {
    if (n < 0) {
        System.out.print("-");
        mystery(-n);
    } else if (n < 10) {
        System.out.println(n);
    } else {
        int two = n % 100;
        System.out.print(two / 10);
        System.out.print(two % 10);
        mystery(n / 100);
    }
}
mystery(7);
mystery(825);
mystery(38947);
mystery(612305);
mystery(-12345678);

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