Output of this code?!

[Shafian Kisna]

Hi Everyone,

I am aspiring to do SCJP 1.4. I came across some of these qns which I found it basic yet, unfortunately, I am having some difficulty to handle them. Could someone pls help me in the output?

1) Output of this prog?

class boolean
{
static boolean b;

public static void main(String args[])
{
int x = 0;
if(b)
{
x=1;
}
else if(b=false)
{
x=2;
}
else if(b)
{
x=3;
}
else
{
x=4;
}
System.out.println("Value of x="+x);
}
}

My understanding since b is declared & not instantiated, the default value is false, so x=2. I think the answer is false but when I refered to the ans sheet, it was x=4.
Pls explain.....

Thanks
Best Regards
SK

[Rajasekar Elango]

Hi Sk,

The trick is here

else if(b=false)
{ 
x=2;
}

its b=false assignment and not comparison, the return value of assignment is the value assigned which is false.

Regards,
Raja

[Jesper de Jong]

Double post