Count the number of occurrences of substrings "baba" or "mama" * in the input string recursively. They may overlap. * For example, countBabaMama("aba babaa amama ma") → 2, * and countBabaMama("bababamamama") → 4. * @param input is the input string. * @return the number of occurrences.
Count the number of occurrences of substrings "baba" or "mama" * in the input string recursively. They may overlap. * For example, countBabaMama("aba babaa amama ma") → 2, * and countBabaMama("bababamamama") → 4. * @param input is the input string. * @return the number of occurrences.
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Complete this code:
Do not use any loops within your code.
Do not use any regular expressions and methods such as matches, split, replaceAll.
/**
* Count the number of occurrences of substrings "baba" or "mama"
* in the input string recursively. They may overlap.
* For example, countBabaMama("aba babaa amama ma") → 2,
* and countBabaMama("bababamamama") → 4.
* @param input is the input string.
* @return the number of occurrences.
*/
public static int countBabaMama(String input) {
// base case
// recursive step
}

Transcribed Image Text:Given a string, write a method that returns the number of occurrences of
substrings "baba" or "mama" in the input string recursively.
They may overlap.
Do not use any loops within your code.
Do not use any regular expressions and methods such as matches, split,
replaceAll.
Test case 1:
countBabaMama ("aba babaa amama ma")
2
Test case 2:
countBabaMama ("bababamamama")
4
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Test
Result
String input = "aba babaa amama ma";
2
System.out.print(countBabaMama (input));
String input
"bababamamama";
4
System.out.print(countBabaMama (input));
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