how this uotput comes?

[amrita sankar]

public class Q13
{
static int call(int x)
{
try
{
System.out.println(x---x/0);
return x--;
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println(--x-x%0);
return x--;
}
finally
{
return x--;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println(" value = "+ call(5));
}
}

For this question output is 3.How it comes? Please explain.

[harish shankarnarayan]

after the call(5)

control goes to the method

as divison by zero ,it goes to the exception block there the value is 4,
and then as finally block always executes in the finally block value becomes 3
hope so i am right

good book for SCJP is by kathy sierra and bert bates,ita available inall the book stores.

hope this helps u
good luck

[amrita sankar]

Originally posted by harish shankarnarayan:
after the call(5)

control goes to the method

as divison by zero ,it goes to the exception block there the value is 4,
and then as finally block always executes in the finally block value becomes 3
hope so i am right

good book for SCJP is by kathy sierra and bert bates,ita available inall the book stores.

hope this helps u
good luck

Thank you.I understood.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

SCJP questions, like this one, go in the SCJP forum. I'll move it there for you.

[vandu matcha]

In the statement...System.out.println(x---x/0);
how it is considered..it can be taken as
(x--) -(x/0) aswell as
(x)- (--x/0..)
so for the first one ..ans is 2
second one ans is 3...
i am a bit confused.....how this statement is to be considered...

[ven kaar]

based on operator precedence,

(x--)-(x/0) is my guess

but still, both version give 3 as output

[Tilo Hemp]

ven, you are right. a simple test reveals it. if anybody wants to cut and paste, for your convenience:

public class Minusminus {
static public void main(String...args){
int i = 3, j = 2;
System.out.println("the mysterious expression is: " + (i---j) +" i = "+i+", j = "+j);
}
}
[ January 25, 2006: Message edited by: Tilo Hemp ]

[ven kaar]

based on operator precedence,

(x)-(--x/0) prefix goes before postfix

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072488190/student_view0/operator_precedence_chart.html

[vandu matcha]

thank u tilo for the example...and ven ..for the chart repersenting the operators and their precendence..thank a lot...going to write exam within 2 days..bit tensed.....thanks for the help

[Naresh Gunda]

operators chart is good but, the chart is not showing any bitshift operators.

[ven kaar]

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/expressions.html

[Simi gupta]

Hi All,

[Simi gupta]

I'm sorry,
The last post was by mistake, i want to know what happens when an Exception occurs in catch block itself as in the above code it does but it doesn't print the exception stack trace but simply prints the output from main().
Regards,
Simi

[Tilo Hemp]

ven, I think your first explanation was right... prefix has a higher priority than postfix, but the expression is evaluated from left to right.

here's another one:
int i = 3, j = 2;
System.out.println("the expression is: " + (i---++j) +" i = "+i+", j = "+j);

quite simple i guess.

but I wonder where the precedence "prefix before postfix" ever is of importance? an expression like ++i-- is not accepted by the compiler.

[ven kaar]

Yes Tilo u r rite, the first answer is correct

int i = 4, j = 2;
System.out.println("the expression is - (i---j) : " + (i---j));//2
System.out.println("the expression is - ((i)-(--j)): " + ((i)-(--j)));//3
System.out.println("the expression is: - ((i--)-(j)): " + ((i--)-(j)));//2