[Sybex][possible errata] OCP 11 Programmer I Study Guide, p. LIII, Intro, question 11

[Tomasz Kasprzyk]

Hi all,

In the explanation it is written:

(...) it is implicitly cast to a short, (...)

I think it should be

(...) it is explicitly cast to a short, (...)

Cheers,
Tomasz

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welome to the Ranch Please supply more details so those of us who don't have the book can understand the question better.

[Tomasz Kasprzyk]

The 11th question of the assessment test:

Which of the following expressions compile without error? (Choose all that apply.)
A. int monday = 3 + 2.0;
B. double tuesday = 5_6L;
C. boolean wednesday = 1 > 2 ? !true;
D. short thursday = (short)Integer.MAX_VALUE;
E. long friday = 8.0L;
F. var saturday = 2_.0;
G. None of the above

And the fragment of the explanation for answer D. (with the proposed correction):

Option D is correct. Even though the int value is larger than a short, it is implicitly explicitly cast to a short.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Thank you for the information; “explicitly” is correct. Please wait for Jeanne Boyarsky to see your post and look here; that doesn't appear to hae been noticed before.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Confirmed and added to the errata. Good catch!