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One small question,Is it one of the exam objectives to know how to use and the names of all the methods in java.lang.Math.

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Yes, you must know the argument and return types of all the static methods of the Math class. The major ones are abs(), ceil(), floor(), max(), min(), round(), random(), sqrt(), sin(), cos(), tan(), toDegrees(), toRadians(). These ones shud do.
 
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you must know the argument and return types of all the static methods of the Math class.


That's amazing. These can be looked up very easily in the javadocs. What might be the point of memorizing them?
[ March 16, 2007: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]
 
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That's amazing. These can be looked up very easily in the javadocs. What might be the point of memorizing them?



To pass the exam. Any questions?
 
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Originally posted by Chris Stann:
... To pass the exam. Any questions?


Yes, which version? My understanding is the Math class is included in the 1.4 exam, but not included in the 1.5 exam.

Am I wrong about this?
[ March 16, 2007: Message edited by: marc weber ]
 
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Sidd is correct - for the 1.4 exam.

If you're studying for the 5.0 exam, you can skip the Math class.

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Hi,

Thanks for all the replies, and woo hooooooooo I am going for 1.5.I can skip Math till the exam.
 
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