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double excepts hexadeci.?

 
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Why this is valid double d = 0x45876; ? As hexadecimal is only for int literal.
 
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Because this is also allowed:

double d = 1234;

int literals are allowed for doubles

Bu.
 
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Dolly could you please mention the source of your questions, it will be helpful for members like me who are preparing for SCJP.

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Gitesh
 
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Hi Hassel, I know double can take int. But in book octal & hexadecimal are only mentioned in int literal topic. Can you explain more?
 
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Sorry I thought it was self understanding.
You said that a "hexadecimal is only for int literal." and this is correct.

But when it's an int-literal than it is also an int.
You can assign any int (or int literal) to a variable of type double without explicit casting.

Your version
double d = 0x45876;
is just an "abridged version" of
int i = 0x45876;
double d = i;


Back to your sentence: "hexadecimal is only for int literal."
This means only that you cannot make any kind of hexadecimal double literal, eg
double d = 0x01.0;


Yours,
Bu.
 
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Hi Hassel,
Thanks for clear me. I got it now.
 
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