group conditional operators

[Ashok Paulraj]

how to group conditional operators ? . Could some 1 explain the below code step-by-step ( i mean to arrive at the solution )
~ Shalini

class EBH023 
{
    static String m1(boolean b){return b?"T":"F";}
    public static void main(String [] args) 
    {
        boolean b1 = false?false:true?false:true?false:true;
        boolean b2 = false?false :( true?false :( true?false:true));
        boolean b3 = ((false?false:true)?false:true)?false:true;
        System.out.println(m1(b1) + m1(b2) + m1(b3));
    }
}

Edited by Corey McGlone: Added Code Tags
[ January 20, 2004: Message edited by: Corey McGlone ]

[Ashok Paulraj]

Ranchers,
how to solve this question, any help is appreciated !!!
~Shalini

[Sam chen]

Hello, Shalini
b1 will be evaulated as following:
the first false decides true?false:true?false:true operand
true decides false operand. Then true?false:true is ignored. So b1 will be assigned false.
b2 is false too.
and b3 is true.
So the output is FFT
[ January 21, 2004: Message edited by: Sam chen ]

[Ashok Paulraj]

thanks SAM, u added 2 more cents of JAVA onto my small HEAD !!
~ Shalini