Short java programming, need help ASAP

[j@y]

So, the deal is I've got finals this week, and three tests in one day tomorrow, and I fell asleep at around 2 o clock in the morning, before I got around to trying my hand at writing these methods. I wouldn't ask for help unless I was desperate, so I ask that I can get some help with these two short programming tasks.

1. Write a method that will iteratively determine and return the Greatest Common Factor of two integers.

2. Write a method that will iteratively determine and return the factorial of an integer. (i.e. 5! = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1)

[FallenBlade]

Sorry friend, we can only help with specific errors in your code. Please attempt to write it yourself and if you have problems with specific areas we'd be happy to help.

[j@y]

Ah, here's my attempt at it then:

public static int gcd(int a, int b)
{
if (b==0) return a;
esle
return gcd(b, a%b);
}

Will that work? Please help.

[FallenBlade]

Have you tried running it? Does it return what you would expect?

[j@y]

No I haven't, when I go to External tools and try to run it, my programs never works and I can't.

[FallenBlade]

What IDE are you using? Is that all the code you have written?

[Fubarable]

The order of things is to first study the material and then apply it. I suggest that you hit the basic Java tutorials first and study the information there, and afterwords only then try to create a program. You can't make this stuff up and the compiler is very picky.

[JosAH]

Ah, here's my attempt at it then:

public static int gcd(int a, int b)
{
if (b==0) return a;
esle
return gcd(b, a%b);
}

Will that work? Please help.

Don't just copy and paste code from the internet; try to understand how the algorithm works first; next try to implement the algorithm and finally, if you're stuck, come back here, but don't try to smuggle yourself through this assignment.

kind regards,

Jos