keyword

[amit dua]

one mock exam says that strictfp is a keyword and so as "java 2 exam cram" book. but when i use it , it compiles perfectly ?
what should be the answer ?
thanks & regards
amit

[Aftab Ahmed]

Hi Dua,
u can check keywords on Officially Java site which is give below. http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/_keywords.html
hope this help.
Aftab

[vadiraj vd]

but when i use it , it compiles perfectly ?
what should be the answer ?

Hi amit,
I didn't get what you mean by saying the above statements.
Whether you use as a keyword or a identifier.
The best would be to write a program and give it to javac.exe.
The keywords are the special words that are not to be used as identifiers in any program.
I wrote a code to test your question and my compiler(jdk1.2) barked.
CODE
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<pre>

public class KeywordDemo
{
public static void main(String a[])
{
int strictfp = 1;
}
}

</pre>
So it means that "strictfp" is a keyword.
Hope this helps.

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Regards
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vadiraj

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[This message has been edited by vadiraj vd (edited January 05, 2001).]

[Kirti Dhingra]

strictfp is a keyword but only for Java 2.
follow the above link.
hence if you have jdk 1.2/1.3 installed int strictfp; should not compile
K Singh