why is char doing strange things?

[Vedhas Pitkar]

Assume rest of code is correct & this is in a valid main().
char c=(char)-1;
System.out.println(c);//This prints ? (a question mark)
char d=(char)(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
System.out.println(d);//This causes the program to exit without any error or Exception .WHY??
Although this is not directly related to certification,I am plain curious.
Can anybody help?

[Thomas Paul]

What part is confusing:

public class TestChar {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    
        char c=(char)-1;
        System.out.println("c=" + c);
        char d=(char)(Integer.MIN_VALUE);   
        System.out.println("D=" + d);
        System.out.println("The end");
    }
}
Output:
c=?
D=
The end

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Tom - SCJP --- Co-Moderator of the Programmer Certification Forums

[Bill Tripper]

Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
[B]What part is confusing:

public class TestChar {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    
        char c=(char)-1;
        System.out.println("c=" + c);
        char d=(char)(Integer.MIN_VALUE);   
        System.out.println("D=" + d);
        System.out.println("The end");
    }
}
Output:
c=?
D=
The end

[/B]

FWIW, On my Win NT box, I get the following:
c=?
D=Process Exit...
Bill

[Thomas Paul]

My results above were from running on a Win NT box. Curious!