JAVA:

I needed help creating a method that will generate a sparse table, without using for or while loops or creating any additional methods

I'll post the code that's given and ask the question at the end in bold:

public static long random(long n){ if (n == 0){ return 1; } return (random(n/4))+(random(3*n/4));

public static void exampleTable(int a, int z)

long exampleOne = random(a); System.out.println(a+" "+exampleOne);

if (start != end){ exampleTable(a+1, z); }

I'll then have a tester that will input values for example from 13 to 20.

Right now it would print out:

13 15

14 15

15 18

16 21

17 21

18 21

19 21

20 24

WHAT I NEED THE OUTPUT TO BE IS:

13 15

15 18

16 21

20 24

I need to know how to skip over duplicate values and get the output I just listed. Again, I can't use any loops, or whiles, or create any additional methods.