Advance For Loop Dought

[Bhavesh Thakkar]

Given:

int []arr = {1,2,3,4};
for ( int i : arr )
{
arr[i] = 0;
}
for ( int i : arr )
{
System.out.println(i);
}

and the options

a.Prints 0 1 2 3
b.Prints 0 0 0 0
c.Prints 0 0 3 0
d.Prints 0 2 0 0
e.Compile error
f.Runtime Exception occurs.

I think the answer should have been 'b' but the correct answer is 'c',can someone please tell me how the answer is 'c' and not 'b'.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,
Bhavesh Thakkar

[karnatam narendraprasad]

hi
the array values changes like this
i values are i=1 i=0 i=3 i=0
{1,2,3,4},{1,0,3,4},{0,0,3,4},{0,0,3,0},{0,0,3,0}

[Qunfeng Wang]

Originally posted by karnatam narendraprasad:
hi
the array values changes like this
i values are i=1 i=0 i=3 i=0
{1,2,3,4},{1,0,3,4},{0,0,3,4},{0,0,3,0},{0,0,3,0}

Yes. I think the i in the for() loop is not the index of the array, instead, it's the element of the array.

[Rancy Chadha]

Hi Bhavesh,

Option c is the right answer.

int []arr = {1,2,3,4};
for ( int i : arr )
{
arr[i] = 0;
}
for ( int i : arr )
{
System.out.println(i);
}

Lets iterate the loop to see how we get this answer.
1) On first go, value of i is 1 (because enhanced for loop, makes the iterator iterate on the elements of the array or the collection) therefore arr[1] will become 0, so after this arr will be {1,0,3,4}
2) In second round, value of i is 0 because the next element of the array is 0 thus making arr[0] = 0 and now we have arr as {0,0,3,4}
3) On third iteration, value of i is 3 this will update arr[3] to 0 after which arr looks like {0,0,3,0}
4) In last iteration, again value of i is 0 so arr[0] will be 0 and it was already 0.
Thus when the loop is over final value in arr will be {0,0,3,0}

I hope this explains why choice c was right.

Thanks,
-Rancy

[Bhavesh Thakkar]

Hey thanks everyone i think my dought is clear now.

Regards,
Bhavesh Thakkar