/****************************************************************************** * Compilation: javac NoBaseCase.java * Execution: java NoBaseCase n * * A recursive function without a base case. * * % java NoBaseCase 5 * Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError * at NoBaseCase.harmonic(NoBaseCase.java:18) * at NoBaseCase.harmonic(NoBaseCase.java:18) * at NoBaseCase.harmonic(NoBaseCase.java:18) * ... ******************************************************************************/ public class NoBaseCase { public static double harmonic(int n) { return harmonic(n-1) + 1.0/n; } public static void main(String[] args) { int n = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); StdOut.println(harmonic(n)); } }