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Discussion Forum : Flow Control - Finding the output (Q.No. 15)
15.
What will be the output of the program?
public class Delta 
{ 
    static boolean foo(char c) 
    {
        System.out.print(c); 
        return true; 
    } 
    public static void main( String[] argv ) 
    {
        int i = 0; 
        for (foo('A'); foo('B') && (i < 2); foo('C')) 
        {
            i++; 
            foo('D'); 
        } 
    } 
}
ABDCBDCB
ABCDABCD
Compilation fails.
An exception is thrown at runtime.
Answer: Option
Explanation:

'A' is only printed once at the very start as it is in the initialisation section of the for loop. The loop will only initialise that once.

'B' is printed as it is part of the test carried out in order to run the loop.

'D' is printed as it is in the loop.

'C' is printed as it is in the increment section of the loop and will 'increment' only at the end of each loop. Here ends the first loop. Again 'B' is printed as part of the loop test.

'D' is printed as it is in the loop.

'C' is printed as it 'increments' at the end of each loop.

Again 'B' is printed as part of the loop test. At this point the test fails because the other part of the test (i < 2) is no longer true. i has been increased in value by 1 for each loop with the line: i++;

This results in a printout of ABDCBDCB

Discussion:
15 comments Page 2 of 2.

Volod said:   10 years ago
public static void main( String[] argv )

What about this line?

I think that it will be compilation problem!

Saurabh said:   9 years ago
Hi @Volod. The program will compile successfully and print "ABDCBDCB".
and "public static void main( String[] argv )". Line is fully correct because,
1. int[]a;
2. int a[]; both array declaration is fine.

"Yatin Sharma" short circuit operator"&&"AND) not create any problem because foo()method every time return true that's why it will check the second condition.

And for loop can work fine with condition only ex:- for(;a&&b;).

Anish Kumar said:   9 years ago
This is a correct program.

No doubt.

We can write for loop as for (anything ;anything which will give boolean result ;anything).

But we have to initialize the for loop before execution of for loop and we can increment inside the loop.

Ami said:   8 years ago
Can anyone explain in detail?

Rupesh singh said:   8 years ago
Please anyone explain me clearly to get it.


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