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ID:6 SCJP Question of the day : Saturday June 12 2010

 
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Source :- Sahil Rally Neuron's !!!



Tell Output, Compiler Error and Runtime error at each line of above code ???

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Hmm, good one, let me try
1->Infinity
2->Exception
3->compile time error
4->Infinity
5->-Infinity
6->-Infinity
7->Exception
8->Infinity
9->-Infinity
10->compile time error

(I hope not all are wrong )
 
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Good question. The principles to remember to be able to answer this question are:

- Division operation could be performed only on numeric values. Trying to divide non-numeric values will result in a compile time error
- Division of a integer value by zero will result in a RuntimeException (ArithmeticException of trying to divide by zero)
- Division of a floating type value by zero will result in infinity for non-zero numerator and NaN (Not a Number) if the numerator is 0

Hope that helps!
 
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And don't forget...



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Hi Henry

System.out.println(0.0 / (-4.0));



Good. But there is no trick in that, right? i.e. it is assumed everyone understands that! May be that is the reason Sahil didn't include that in the posted code
 
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1). infinity
2). ArithmeticException
3). Compile time error
4). infinity
5). -infinity
6). -infinity
7). ArithmeticException
8). NaN(not a number)
9). NaN(not a number)
10). compile time error

 
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Larry Olson wrote:

System.out.println(0.0 / (-4.0));



Good. But there is no trick in that, right? i.e. it is assumed everyone understands that! May be that is the reason Sahil didn't include that in the posted code




Hint: The answer is something that behaves slightly different from zero.

 
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Before this topic fades to the next page....

Henry Wong wrote:

Larry Olson wrote:

System.out.println(0.0 / (-4.0));



Good. But there is no trick in that, right? i.e. it is assumed everyone understands that! May be that is the reason Sahil didn't include that in the posted code




Hint: The answer is something that behaves slightly different from zero.



The answer is negative zero. This value is slightly different from the normal zero...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed_zero

The sign is maintained, so if further math is done, such as it is used as the divisor to any positive dividend, the quotient is negative infinity.

Henry
 
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It was really important !!!

Thanks Henry !!!
 
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