Question on Flowcontrol?

[Ivey Zhang]

public class Test
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int i = 0, j = 5;
lab1 : for( ; ; i++)
{
System.out.println(i);
for( ; ; --j)
if( i >j )
break lab1;
}
System.out.println(" i ="+i+" , j = "+j);
}
}
//The answer is: i=0, j= -1
I cannot understand why "i" is 0 instead of 1, since it past the for(;;i++) loop.
Thank you for your explaination.

[This message has been edited by Ivey Zhang (edited February 14, 2001).]

[Pravin Panicker]

Hello Ivy
the third increment operator of for loop (i++ )will be executed after the loop completes and begins the next iteration.
for example this is what's happening in the for loop :-
1. initialization
2. comparison
3. block execution
4. increment -> 2
At 3 you're breaking from the loop Hence x is not incremented.
Hope I've conveyed the message properly!

[Ivey Zhang]

Pravin,
I see, I see
Thanks a lot!