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question on if loop

 
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class test {

static boolean check;

public static void main(String args[]) {

int i;

if(check == true)

i=1;

else

i=2;



if(i=2) i=i+2;

else i = i + 4;

System.out.println(i);

}

}




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4
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The program does not compile because of the statement if(i=2)

i answered 4,but the correct ans is the last option.

i have come across eg, where there is a variable assignment in the if loop. one of the major questions which r a little tricky.
in this eg, also, the variable is assigned 2 which now returns true and hence i answered 4.

anybody plz explain?


 
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The operator should be "==" not "=". The former tests for equality of two values, the latter is the assignment operator.
 
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"if()" must evaluate to a boolean value;
simplifying: the statement/condition within '(condition)' must evaluate to boolean.
 
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"i have come across eg, where there is a variable assignment in the if loop."

A variable assignment will work in a loop or if condition if the variable assingments evaluate to a boolean:
 
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