/** * A program to demonstrate printing integers recursively * @author Biagioni, Edoardo * @assignment ICS 211 in-class example * @date August 29th, 2007 * @bugs should check for args on command line and print those */ public class PrintBinary { /* recursive method to print each bit of an integer followed * by a space, except the first bit is followed by two spaces */ private static void printBinary(int value) { if (value < 2) { /* first (or only) bit */ System.out.print(value + " "); } else { /* print the bits before this one */ printBinary(value / 2); /* print last bit */ System.out.print(value % 2 + " "); } } /* test the printBinary method * expected output: 101 */ public static void main(String [] args) { int valueToPrint = 5; printBinary(valueToPrint); System.out.println(""); } }