How many times will the following method call itself,if 10 is passed as the argument? public static void message(int n)
{
If (n 0)
{
System.out.println("Print this line. \ n");
Message(n + 1);
}
}
A) 1
B) 9
C) 10
D) An infinite number of times

Question

How many times will the following method call itself,if 10 is passed as the argument? public static void message(int n)
{
If (n > 0)
{
System.out.println("Print this line. \ n");
Message(n + 1);
}
}
A) 1
B) 9
C) 10
D) An infinite number of times

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The method will call itself an infinite number of times as there is no base case or condition to stop the recursion. The argument passed to the method keeps increasing by 1 with each recursive call, leading to stack overflow error eventually.

How Many Times Will the Following Method Call Itself,if 10