Question from Dan's mock Exam

[suresh kamsa]

class M {
{System.out.print("1");}
static {System.out.print("2");}
M() {System.out.print("3");}
M(String s) {System.out.print("4");}
}
class N extends M {
{System.out.print("5");}
static {System.out.print("6");}
N() {this("@"); System.out.print("7");} // l1
N(String s) {System.out.print("8");} // l2
}
class P {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new N();
}
}

Output is 2613587. I understood upto the outout 26135. My question is when control comes to l1, Is the control goes to l2 and come back to l1? cuz of that its going to print 87?
[Edited by Val to break some lines]
[ September 11, 2002: Message edited by: Valentin Crettaz ]

[Barkat Mardhani]

Yes

[May Pat]

Just wanna add to it.
The reason that it calls l2 is because the constructor, N() makes a call to this("@") which will call the constructor, N(String s).