Using recursion to add odd numbers

Hi Friends,

I am trying to write a method to calculate the sum of the odd numbers in all the numbers less than the given number. so eg. CalcOdd(7) would return 5 + 3 + 1 = 9. CalcOdd (10) would return 9 + 7 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 25 etc

The method needs to take in a number, subtract 1, then recursively work backwards adding all odd numbers until it reaches 0. This is what I have so far.

private static int CalcOdd(int n)
{

if (n <= 1)
return 1;
else
if (n % 2 == 0)
n--;

return n + CalcOdd(n - 2);
}

It doesn't work so well, it includes the number passed in in the addition which is not what I want. Can anyone suggest a better way of doing this ? I would also loke to be able to port the answer to work for even numbers and add the option to include the original passed in number in the answer.

Many thanks

i revised the code a little for you:

Code:

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace Recursive
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            int y = oddAdd(9);
            Console.WriteLine(y);

            Console.ReadKey(true);
        }


        static int oddAdd(int n)
        {

            int z;
            if (n % 2 == 0)
            {
                z = oddAddRecursive(n - 1);
            }
            else
            {
                z = oddAddRecursive(n - 2);
            }

            return z;

        }

          static int oddAddRecursive(int n)
          {

              if (n == 1)
                  return 1;

              return n + oddAddRecursive(n - 2);
          }

    }
}

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