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Hi everyone,
I have some doubt on the following outputs:
System.out.println( 1 + 2 + "3" );
the result printed is 33
System.out.println( "1" + 2 + 3 );
the result printed is 123
Can anyone explain this?
Thanks in advance!
 
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I think this questions came from programmers guide to java certification by khlid mughal
When you say (1+2) this give you 3 plus the string that mean 3+�3� =3 for 1+2 and other 3 for string
When you say string plus number it will take it as string mean if you add string to variable it will as all string �1�+2 that give you 12 and +3 will give 123 all deal like string
 
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The important concept here is that operands are evaluated from left to right.
Case 1:
1 + 2 + "3"
(1 + 2)+ "3"
3 + "3"
"33"
The first + is an addition operator since the two operands are numeric type.

Case 2:
"1" + 2 + 3
("1" + 2)+ 3
"12" + 3
"123"
One of the first two operands is a String, so the + is a string concatenation operator.
[ June 13, 2002: Message edited by: Paul Villangca ]
 
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Hi pohying hip,
As you know,expressions in java are evaluated from left to right,therefore the above output occurs.Lets examine it case by case:

In this case,first 1+2 is evaluated,which is equal to 3,then since the next argument is a string "3",therefore the previous 3 is converted to a string and joined to the String "3",which gives the output 33.

First "1"+2 is evaluated,which gives "12".Then "12"+3 is evaluated,which gives,123.
I hope that helps
Gautam
 
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