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Discussion Forum : Language Fundamentals - Finding the output (Q.No. 2)
2.
What will be the output of the program?
public class CommandArgs 
{
    public static void main(String [] args) 
    {
        String s1 = args[1];
        String s2 = args[2];
        String s3 = args[3];
        String s4 = args[4];
        System.out.print(" args[2] = " + s2);
    }
}

and the command-line invocation is

> java CommandArgs 1 2 3 4

args[2] = 2
args[2] = 3
args[2] = null
An exception is thrown at runtime.
Answer: Option
Explanation:

An exception is thrown because in the code String s4 = args[4];, the array index (the fifth element) is out of bounds. The exception thrown is the cleverly named ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.

Discussion:
26 comments Page 1 of 3.

Arora said:   7 years ago
@Sundar,

argv[0] takes the class name, not the input variable. Please explain that how argv[0]=1?
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NIK said:   7 years ago
Thanks @Sundar.

Abiramibabu said:   8 years ago
I cannot understand how it process and get output as, An exception is thrown at runtime.
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Logaa said:   8 years ago
@Hardik Chavda.

Why it is displaying output only when java CommandArgs 1 2 3 4 is given?

Vinay said:   8 years ago
What should be the correct program with correct command line arguments? Anyone please tell me.

I tried changes in program but it dosent work.

Ratnesh kumar said:   9 years ago
package mypack;

public class stringsize
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
String s1 = args[1];
String s2 = args[2];
String s3 = args[2];
String s4 = args[3];
System.out.print(" args[2] = " + s2);
}
}

Why this one throwing the arrayoutofbound exception?
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Hardik Chavda said:   9 years ago
@Balaji and @Vivek.

You should give arguments as shown below;
java CommandArgs 1 2 3 4

Balaji said:   1 decade ago
Still not getting correct answers please guys guide me. It show oly out of bound array.

public class CommandArgs
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
String s1 = args[0];
String s2 = args[1];
String s3 = args[2];
String s4 = args[3];
System.out.print(" args[2] = " + s2);
}
}

Sri said:   1 decade ago
It's take 4 is size becoz we have entered 4 args so, array starts it's memory allocation from the 0th element.

from cmd pmt we entered 1 2 3 4.

args[0]=1;
args[1]=2;
args[2]=3;
args[3]=4;
args[4]=? we are not allocated any value to this one but in the array it will shows empty.
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Laxmimanohar said:   1 decade ago
public class CommandArgs
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
String s1 = args[0];
String s2 = args[1];
String s3 = args[2];
String s4 = args[3];
System.out.print(" args[2] = " + s2);
}
}
Save it as CommandArgs.java

Compile it and run the program as follows,
"java CommandArgs 1 2 3 4" and you will get output as args[2] = 2.


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