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whileLoopMystery

Language/Type: Java method basics mystery while loops
Author: Stuart Reges (on 2020/10/06)

Consider the following method.

            public static void mystery(int y) {
                int x = 0;
                int z = 0;
                while (y > 0) {
                    x++;
                    z = z + y % 10;
                    y = y / 10;
                }
                System.out.println(x + " " + z);
            }

For each call below, indicate what output is produced.

mystery(8);
mystery(32);
mystery(184);
mystery(8239);

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