If condition

[asha ganapathy]

please let me know where i am going wrong

public test{
  static boolean b;
  public static void main(String[] args){
    int x=0;
    System.out.println("b "+b);
    if(b){ //this condition fails as b is false
      x=1;
    }
    else if(b=false){ // yes b is false here
             x=2;
          }
         else if(b){ 
                x=3;
              }
              else{
                x=4;
              }
        System.out.println("x= "+x);
      }
}  

In my opinion the x value should be 2, but the answer is 4.

[aslika bahini]

Hi asha,

else if(b=false){ // yes b is false here
x=2;

orginally posted by asha

here.. you are assigning b=false.

if, b == false then, it prints x = 2

regards
samura

[Praveen Seluka]

Hi

The second condition
else if (b=false) is an assignment operation.It assigns b to false and then the if loop becomes false so it wont be x=2.

Thanks
Praveen SP

[asha ganapathy]

ok i got it thanks a lot