Recursive function failing with "This method must return a result of type int"

Question

This code is supposed to do x/y, but for some reason, it says:

This method must return a result of type int

Can you help me fix it?
public class Recursion2 {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println(func3(4, 2));
        
    }//main

public static int func3(int x, int y)
    {
    if(x == y) return 1;
    if(x - y < x) return 1 + func3(x - y, y);
    } 
}//class

p4czyk · Answer

Change this:
if(x - y < x) return 1 + func3(x - y, y);

To:
if((x - y) < x) return 1 + func3(x - y, y);

Addition:
Maybe the problem causes because not every time a result is returned. In Java you have to return a result always. So you have to add else-cases or a default case. This would fix the issue I think.

Recursive function failing with "This method must return a result of type int"

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