Question on format

[Tayitu Betule]

Why is the following code prints "true false" and not "false false"?

    
import java.util.*;
public class Gencs{
	public static void main(String args[]){
		String b="fAlSe";
		String s1=null,s2=null;
		s1=new Formatter().format("%b",b).toString();
		s2=new Formatter().format("%b",new Boolean(b)).toString();
		System.out.println(s1+" "+s2);
	}
}

Thank you all.

[Kaspar Christenson]

The Formatter %b conversion documentation states

If the argument arg is null, then the result is "false". If arg is a boolean or Boolean, then the result is the string returned by String.valueOf(). Otherwise, the result is "true".

Since you're formatting a String the result is "true".

[Tayitu Betule]

Thank you Kaspar. That was an oversight on my side.