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my doubt is that:
1)eventhough i declare d as final why compilation error is coming in line1.

2)why it is giving compilation error in line 3.
 
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1) it is giving error as you are assigning byte to char. Although char has a larger size than byte, but it cannot store negative values while byte can. So if byte has a negative value, then assigning it to char will result in a loss of the original value.

2) it is giving compilation error because when you multiply any data type below integer, the result is always an int.

eg

 
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i agree with your explanation about second doubt.
in case of first doubt:
i declared byte variable as final so i think it is a compile time constant so no casting is required in line1.

correct me if i am wrong...
 
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but my dear the compile time constant has a negative value. So the statement will look like this to the compiler

char ch = -12; //not allowed

as you can see that you are trying to assign a negative value to a char data type which is not allowed...
 
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I suppose it will not give compiler error with the range of (0 to 127).
 
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yes ankit you are right.
if i am giving positive values in the range 0 to 127 it is compiling fine.

thanks a lot..
 
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Explicit casting will force it to compile, like this:


Trying to print it will give (on my machine) a "~".
 
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