HackerEarth Recursive Function problem solution

#include <iostream>
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

#include<cstdio>
#include<sstream>

using namespace std;

int f(long long int x, long long int y) {

    x%=1000;
    y%=1000;
    if(x==0) return y+1;
    else if(x>0 && y==0) return f(x-1,1);
    else if(x>0 && y>0) return f(x-1,f(x,y-1));

}

int result(long long int x, long long int y)

{

long long int ans = f(x,y);
return ans % 1000;
}
int main() {
    int x,y;

cin>>x>>y;

    int z = result(x,y);
    cout<<z;
    return 0;   

}