Can anyone tell the result of this code.

[Srinivasa Raghavan]

Hi can anyone tell me, why following code prints float,float.

  
class GFC215 {
 
  static String m(float i) {return "float";}
 
  static String m(double i) {return "double";}
 
  public static void main (String[] args) {
 
    int a1 = 1; long b1 = 2; System.out.print(m(a1)+","+ m(b1));
 
}}

a. Prints: float,float b. Prints: float,double
c. Prints: double,float d. Prints: double,double
e. Compile-time error f. Run-time error
g. None of the above

Answer is float, float
[ June 23, 2005: Message edited by: Srinivasa Raghavan ]

[saran sadaiyappan]

Since is float is more specific than double it prints "float,float".Specific in the sense that float can take only float values...whereas double can take both float and double.

Hope I am right.

[Srinivasa Raghavan]

Ok So, if i add one more method that takes long, like the one below it should print long,long. Thanks saran.

static String m(long i) {return "long";}

[Sangita Mishra]

Yes it will print long, long. As both int and long canbe converted to long and long is more specific than float and double.