I need help with writing up the Java Code.

I need some help writing code for the collatz theory in JAVA!!!?

• this is my method: I would like to now add a counter that will count the numberof steps it took to reach the number 1. like for example, if the input number was 1, it would have done 0 steps because 1 is the number it wants. if it was 2, it would take that even number and divide by 2 which makes 1, which took exactly 1 step. im not sure how to include that into my program as i have never written a counter before. thanks for your help in advance public static int collatz(int given) { if (given == 1) return given; else if (given % 2 == 0) collatz(given / 2); else collatz(3 * given + 1); return given; }

• Answer:

  donno what the collatz theory is, but I think you would be interested in returning the counter rather than the number being processed in each recursive call. meaning: wheres your counter? You should have a counter and increment it each time you call. Thats how you will know the number of steps it took to reach 1