doubt regarding garbage collection

[shreya prabhu]

public void countDown(){
for(int i=0;i>=0;i--)
{
String tmp=Integer.toString(i);//line 5
System.out.println(tmp);
}
System.out.println("Boom");//line 8
}
when program reaches line 8 how many objects created in line 5 are eligible for garbage collection?
i thought it was 11 but the answer is 10 why?
tmp is a local variable so it should be garbage collected isnt it?

[marc weber]

Assuming you start at i=10 (rather than the typo i=0), I would say the answer is 11.

Where did this question come from?

[shreya prabhu]

It is from whizlab mockexams practice exam 4

[shreya prabhu]

ya sorry i typed it wrong its
for(i=10;i>=0;i--)

[Rodrigo Gomez]

MMmmm, I think it is 11... because after line 8 all the objects (10 to 0, it means 11) lose the reference variable (also the last one, because it is declared inside the for loop)... only if you declare the reference variable outside the loop, then it'll be 11... or if you remove the >= and only put >...