Write a method printRange (must be solve using recursion) that accepts integer parameters x and y and that prints the sequential
integers between x and y inclusive. The first half should be printed with the greater-than character (">") separating consecutive values. The second half should be printed with the less-than character ("<") separating consecutive values. The following table shows several calls and their expected output:
Notice that in the first output, 5 is in the middle with the numbers before it separated by greater-than and the numbers after it separated by less-than. In the second output, 15 is in the middle with numbers before it separated by greater-than and numbers after it separated by less-than. The third output has no separators because that range includes one number. When there are two values in the middle of the range, those two values should be separated by a dash, as shown in the last two outputs.
The method should throw an IllegalArgumentException if x is greater than y.
Notice that in the first output, 5 is in the middle with the numbers before it separated by greater-than and the numbers after it separated by less-than. In the second output, 15 is in the middle with numbers before it separated by greater-than and numbers after it separated by less-than. The third output has no separators because that range includes one number. When there are two values in the middle of the range, those two values should be separated by a dash, as shown in the last two outputs.
The method should throw an IllegalArgumentException if x is greater than y.
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