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question about properties and command line arguements

 
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Hello all,
I am taking a sun practice exam for the scjp 5. Please help me with the following question:


1. class x {
2. public static void main(String [] args) {
3. String p = System.getProperty("x");
4. if(p.equals(args[1]))
5. System.out.println("found");
6. }
7. }


Which command-line invocation will produce the output found?


A
java -Dx=y x y z
B
java -Px=y x y z
C
java -Dx=y x x y z
D
java -Px=y x x y z
E
java x x y z -Dx=y
F
java x x y z -Px=y

I thought since we are comparing the property "x" to args[1] the correct answer is A, both would be y, however the exam says the answer is c. Please provide guidance.
 
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in answer A, y is args[0] and z is args[1]
args is array, thus zero indexed...
 
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Command line flags are not part of the main method arguments. You could see that by looping through the args parameter.


If you type "java" at the prompt, you'll some help, looking like that :
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
(to execute a class)
or java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...]
(to execute a jar file)

This [-options] like -D are not part of the command line arguments. The [args...] are.

A
java [-Dx=y] x [y z] : property x = y. args[1] = z
B
java [-Px=y] x [y z] : -P ??
C
java [-Dx=y] x [x y z] : property x = y. args[1] = y
D
java [-Px=y] x x y z : -P ??
E
java x [x y z -Dx=y] : property x does not exist. args[1] = y
F
java x [x y z -Px=y] : property x does not exist. args[1] = y
 
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