Something

//Very very poor technique.. there must be a better way..
import java.util.Scanner;
public class HipToBeSquare
{
        public static boolean isSquared(int x, int y){
            if (y == 0) return false;   
            if (x - y * y == 0){
                System.out.println(y);
                return true;
            }
            else{ 
                int newNum = (x - y * y);
                if(isSquared(newNum, highestSquare(newNum)) == false){
                    if(isSquared(x, y - 1))
                        System.out.println(y);
                        return true;
                    }   
                else return true;
                }
//             System.out.println("This line should never be reached");
//             return false;
            }
            
        public static int highestSquare(int x){
            for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++){
            if (x >= i * i) 
                continue;
            else
                return i - 1;
            }
            return 0;
        }
        public static void main(String args[]){
        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("Enter a number: ");
        int number = reader.nextInt();
        System.out.println(highestSquare(number));
        isSquared(number, highestSquare(number));
        
        
    }
}