doubt in one question

[radhika madini]

Hi Every one,
This is my first post in this site..
I am preparing for SCJP..planning to write within 10 days.
I saw this program in javaprepare.com site in language fundamentals questions..
I ran this program and it is not compiling..giving error as y may not be inetialised..
my thinking is..as in 2nd if stmt y is getting 2 It has to compile and run and display 2 for y..
I want help..please clarify my doubt..
public class Compare {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int x = 10, y;
if(x < 10) <br /> y = 1;<br /> if(x>= 10) y = 2;
System.out.println("y is " + y);
}
}
Thanks in advance..
Regards
radhika

[Fred Abbot]

since you initalizing Y inside an if()statement it may not be initalized as if the if()is false then Y will never be initalized
this post should be in anothe rthread not here

[radhika madini]

Hi Fred Abbot,

Originally posted by Fred Abbot:
since you initalizing Y inside an if()statement it may not be initalized as if the if()is false then Y will never be initalized
this post should be in anothe rthread not here

you mean if we assign values inside if loop those values are not visible outside that loop..
am i correct in this..

[radhika madini]

Hi Fred,
I ran the program by assigning value for y outside if loop and it is working..
Thanks alot for your help..
Regards
Radhika

[ashwini srinivasan]

radhika,
y is a local variable. Local variables must be initialized before u use it....bcaz local variables will not get automatically initialized to default. So u need to initialize it and then can change its value in if() statement.Hope this helps u.

[Fred Abbot]

hi ashwini
although what you are saying is correct that is not the issue at hand here as she is initalizing it before using it the problem however is that it is being initalized inside an if() statement so there will betimes that it is not initalized hence the error is y MAY NOT have been initalized
in your case the error would be
y WAS NOT initalized

[Fred Abbot]

Originally posted by radhika madini:

Hi Fred Abbot,
you mean if we assign values inside if loop those values are not visible outside that loop..
am i correct in this..

what you are saying is true but againg is not your origanal question
if you would initalize y to 0 before the loop then inside a loop change it to 5 it will be 5 outside the loop as well
however it cannot be initalized for the first time inside the loop since it may never get inside the loop

[radhika madini]

Hi Fred,
I tested what u said by assigning y=0 inetially.then it is printing the value assigned inside if{} ie 2.I got your concept..
one more thing is..
is it same for do and while loops also?

[Ajith Kallambella]

I am moving this thread to Programmer Certification Study forum.
Ajith

[sunil choudhary]

As you will notice in the fllowing program the initialisations in a If method cannot be taken as initialisations
as they are subject to conditions
public class Compare {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int x = 12, y;
for(;x<10;y=1) <br /> {<br /> System.out.println("in ist for");}<br /> for(;x>= 10;y=2)
{public class Compare {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int x = 1, y;
if(x>= 10)
{ System.out.println("in iist for");}
System.out.println("y is " + y);
}
}
//Thanks in advanc
System.out.println("y is " + y);
}
}
//the program refuses to take initilaisations for value of 1 as well as of 10 or 11.