Array bracket

[EJ Dinglasan]

Hi!
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From the book "Complete Java 3 Certification guide 2nd Edition" it says that its wrong to put the array bracket between the type and variable.
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Example
public static void main <b>(String [] args)</b>
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The book said that the previous statement is wrong but it runs both on 1.2 and 1.3.
Thanks!

[James Chegwidden]

It is more a style question than anything else. It falls back to C/C++ and the position of the pointer variables.

[EJ Dinglasan]

Hi!
But technically its supposed to work so it shouldnt be worng.
Thanks

[Thomas Paul]

This should have been a clue:
"Complete Java 3 Certification guide 2nd Edition"
There is no Java 3 yet so perhaps the book is just telling you what will happen in the future.

[EJ Dinglasan]

hehe!
Sorry for the typo.
But seriously if it came out in the exam,
should it be valid or not?
Thanks!

[Thomas Paul]

It may be morally wrong and you may go to Java purgatory but it compiles cleanly and it works which tells me that it is valid.