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Why this code prints 3 and not enter into an infinite loop?


Doesn't the while(b=!b) always evaluates to true irrespective of the value of b?I thought assignment statement as a condition always evaluates to true.
 
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Rohan Deshmkh wrote:Why this code prints 3 and not enter into an infinite loop?


Doesn't the while(b=!b) always evaluates to true irrespective of the value of b?I thought assignment statement as a condition always evaluates to true.



And that is where the flaw is ... see section 15.26 of the JLS.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-15.html#jls-15.26

specifically ...

At run-time, the result of the assignment expression is the value of the variable after the assignment has occurred.



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Ok thanks , i got it.
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