public class max
{
	public static int max(parameters)  //this method will use two recursive calls
							// to find the maximum of a list of integers
	{
	

		
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{	final int zero = 0;
		int num = 4;
		int maxInArray;
		int[] littleList={2,3,8,6};

		maxInArray = max(littleList, zero, num-1);
		System.out.print("The maximum is in the little list is ");
		System.out.println(maxInArray);

		// get this working with the little list then remove the comment to test it with the big list
/*		num = 10;
		int[] bigList={2,13,4,22,8,3,10,5,12,15};
		maxInArray = max(bigList, zero, num-1);
		System.out.print("The maximum is in the big list is ");
		System.out.println(maxInArray);     */
	}
}