infinite for loop

[preeti dengri]

please look to the following code
public class Q46 {
public static void main(String[]args) {
int x;
int y;
for (x = 0, y = 5 ; x < y ; x=x++)
{
System.out.println( x + " " + y );
}
System.out.println( x + " " + y );
}
}
why this one turned to be an infinite one???producing 0 5 infinite times.
please explain
thank you

[Jane Griscti]

Hi preeti,
The problem is <code>x=x++</code> ... x is always 0! The postfix operator <code>x++</code> is evaluated first, followed by the assignment.
This code is evaluated as:
<pre>
take the value of x(0)
increase it by 1 and store in memory
assign the original value of x(0) to x, overwriting the stored value of x(1)
</pre>
Use <code>x++</code> instead.
Hope that helps.
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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform