Do we get such questions in Actual exam ...

[Shrini Kulkarni]

How to handle questions that deal with Hexadecimals ?
(Applied reasoning mock test)
questions like
int a = 0x67
int b = 0xBD
a^b ....
also like
if(5|6).....
if (5^9) ....
what methods to tackle questions like these ...
Do we get such questions in actual exam ?

[khaled el-hajjar]

I'm not SCJP, but I answer you YES
You have to read about Hex (0x...), Octal (0..) and about all bitwise operators.
For Hex, you can represent every digit in binary in 4 bits.
0x67 = 0110 0111
0xBD = 1011 1101
a^b = 1101 1010 = 0Xda = 0xDA
For the octal, you can represent every digit in binary in 3 bits.
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
128+64+16+8+2 = value in base 10.

[kaffo lekan]

YES,such question like that will come, because the objectives covers this.

[Zahid, Butt]

Can someone please explain, with examples how to convert to
Hexadecimal and Octal.
In the SCJP Exam, will you have to convert into 32 bits or 8 bits ??? I am aware that all numeric datatyes that are smaller than int will be promoted to int.
Thanks in advance.

[Sri Enga]

hexadecimal to octal conversion and vice versa
lets say x = 0x00ff
Step 1
Convert Hex to Binary
0000 0000 1111 1111
Step 2
After every 3 digits put a comma start from right to left
0,000 ,000,011, 111, 111
Step 3
Convert Binary to Octal
000377 (or) 0377 which is the octal equivalent for 0x00FF

Converting between octal and hex
Lets start at 0377
Step 1
convert to Binary
000 011 111 111
Step 2
After every 4 digits put a comma start from right to left
000 0,11 11,1 111
Step 3
Convert Binary to Hex
0FF
Ha, Ha magic worked
0377 = 0xFF
Hope this helps
Srini

[shailesh sonavadekar]

rather than thinking whether this will come in the exam or not , I feel you shoul better secure the risk. If it is part of Sun's objective , then nobody can stop them from asking questions on this type. So , do your best. Don't leave anything as option. You will come out with flying colours.
Apart from that No real Exam Questions shall be discussed in the forum , as you know it is policy of this forum. Plus , in doing so , Sun's Privacy Policy will get voilated. In my opinion , Any Responsible Javarancher will not allow to happen this.
So all the very best Srini.
Your Friendly Bartender
Shailesh.