Doubt in Output of the following code

[Srividhya Kiran]

Hi,

how come in this code there is no compiler error at line 2. It gives me a compiler error at line 4. Both are not a valid statement right.

By commenting out which line will the following class compile with no errors

class ZZY {

transient final int i = 0;
transient final static int j = 10 ;
int k = 78 ;

char jack(){
return 'a';
}

public static void main ( String args [ ]) { // ---> 1
new ZZY ( ) . jack ( ) ; // ---> line 2
int d = new ZZY ( ) . j + new ZZY ( ) . i ; // ---> line 3
new ZZY ( ) . k ; // ---> line 4
System . out . println ( new ZZY ( ) . i + " " + new ZZY ( ) . j ) ; // ---> line 5
}
}
Options :

a . line 1
b . line 2
c . line 3
d . line 4
e . line 5

Thanks
Srividhya

[Jelle Klap]

Line 4 is not valid, because the statement here lacks an assignment operator (=). Which is really the only reason why this statement is illegal, and the statement at line 3 is legal.
The statement at line 2 does not require assignment, because it's a method call. So by commenting out line 4 (or by adding assignment logic), this code will compile just fine.
Also, don't let all the white spaces throw you off, it's perfectly legal syntax.
[ March 21, 2008: Message edited by: Jelle Klap ]

[Srividhya Kiran]

Thanks