array

[Anonymous]

Hi
check out the following code

Q. What code placed after the comment //For loop would populate the elements of the array ia[] with values of the variable i.?
public class Lin{
public static void main(String argv[]){
Lin l = new Lin();
l.amethod();
}
public void amethod(){
int ia[] = new int[4];
//Start For loop
{
ia[i]=i;
System.out.println(ia[i]);
}
}
}
1) for(int i=0; i < ia.length(); i++)
2) for (int i=0; i< ia.length(); i++)
3) for(int i=1; i < 4; i++)
4) for(int i=0; i< ia.length;i++)
Answer given is 4.
it's correct but I think 3 is also correct, because in case of 3 the array will be like this
[0,1,2,3]
here also the values papulated are same as the vale of i.
Does anybody wants to put comment?

[Khalid Bou-Rabee]

3) for(int i=1; i < 4; i++)

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this is incorrect because it will only loop from 1 to 3, not 0 to 3. Easy to miss this one!
Take care,
Khalid

[Anonymous]

Hi Khalid I am fully agreed with your point.
But if you look at the question,it is saying
"
What code placed after the comment //For loop would populate the elements of the array ia[] with values of the variable i.?"
...in 4th case the values will be like this:
i=0 a[0]=0
i=1 a[1]=1
i=2 a[2]=2
i=3 a[3]=3
...in 3th case the values will be like this:
i=1 a[1]=1
i=2 a[2]=2
i=3 a[3]=3
I am saying, in 3rd case also the values in array is matching with the value of i.
am i making sense?

[Khalid Bou-Rabee]

Yes, you are right. All the values (due to default initialization) match those in the array after executing option 4. However, the question explicitly asks which option will populate the array. So, Marcus Green is asking which lines will actually fill in the entire array with values given by the user, not automatically initialized by the VM.
Regards,
Khalid