package java_problems_datastructures;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class DivideByTwo {
	
    // this counter tracks the number of times we have divided by 2
	static int count = 1;
    
	// we will use recursion to find the value
	static int divideByTwo(int enteredValue) {
  
		// calling the method in a loop till we met the desired condition
		if (enteredValue / 2 >= 2) {
			divideByTwo(enteredValue / 2);
			count++;
		}
		return count;
	}

	public static void main(String args[]) {

		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

		System.out.println("Please enter a value ");

		int value = input.nextInt();

		while (value <= 2) {
			System.out.println("please enter value greater than 2 ");
			value = input.nextInt();
		}
		System.out.println("number of times divide before getting less than two is : " + divideByTwo(value));

		input.close();

	}

}


Output:

Please enter a value 
1
please enter value greater than 2 
8
number of times divide before getting less than two is : 3