logo Practice-It logo

recursionMystery4

Language/Type: JavaScript recursion mystery
Author: Melissa Medsker-Galloway (on 2016/11/18)

For each call to the following function, indicate what value is returned:

function mystery4(x, y) {
    if (x < 10 || y < 10) {
        return x + y;
    } else if (x > y) {
        var a = mystery4(parseInt(x / 2), parseInt(y / 2));
        var b = mystery4(y, x - y);
        return a + b;
    } else {
        return mystery4(x, parseInt(y / 2));
    }
}
mystery4(10, 18);
mystery4(6, 15);
mystery4(24, 10);
mystery4(26, 12);
mystery4(19, 20);

You must log in before you can solve this problem.


Log In

If you do not understand how to solve a problem or why your solution doesn't work, please contact your TA or instructor.
If something seems wrong with the site (errors, slow performance, incorrect problems/tests, etc.), please

Is there a problem? Contact a site administrator.