ternary query

[Vishal Mungi]

class f
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int x=6;
double d=7.7;
System.out.println((x>d)?99.9:9);
}
}


why does this print 9.0 & not 9 ???

[Vishal Mungi]

oh yes , i got it ..
its the same as a method returning one of two values & it
just converts both to the same datatype, in this case the 'bigger of the two'.
[ October 02, 2005: Message edited by: Vishal Mungi ]

[Layne Lund]

That seems like the logical answer without looking at the JLS itself. It seems that the ternary operator promotes its operands just like other operators do. Since 99.9 is a double and 9 is an int, the later is promoted to a double.

Layne