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posted 4/5/2007 11:01 AM

Lovleen Gupta Ranch Hand Joined: Feb 26, 2007 Posts: 63

Here goes the code: [code] class Feline{ public static void main(String[] args){ Long x = 42l; Long y = 44l; System.out.println(" " + 7 + 2 + ""); //line1 System.out.println(foo() + x + 5 + ""); //line2 System.out.println(x + y + foo()); //line3 } static String foo(){return "foo";} } [\code] My Doubt: Why in line 1 the output is 72? and why in line 3 the output is 86foo? I don't see any consistency.. Can somebody please explain? Thanks.

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Chandra Bhatt Ranch Hand Joined: Feb 28, 2007 Posts: 1707

posted 4/5/2007 11:22 AM

Hi Guptajee,

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N ote: T ext c ontent in the c ode bloc ks is automatic ally word- wrapped

0 1 . 0 2 . 0 3 . 0 4 . 0 5 . 0 6 . 0 7 . 0 8 . 0 9 . 1 0 .

c l a s sF e l i n e { p u b l i cs t a t i cv o i dm a i n ( S t r i n g [ ]a r g s ) { L o n gx=4 2 l ; L o n gy=4 4 l ; S y s t e m . o u t . p r i n t l n ( ""+7+2+" " ) ;/ / l i n e 1 S y s t e m . o u t . p r i n t l n ( f o o ( )+x+5+" " ) ;/ / l i n e 2 S y s t e m . o u t . p r i n t l n ( x+y+f o o ( ) ) ;/ / l i n e 3 } s t a t i cS t r i n gf o o ( ) { r e t u r n" f o o " ; } }

My Doubt: Why in line 1 the output is 72? and why in line 3 the output is 86foo?

if any one of the left and right operand of the "+" concatenation operator is String, the resultant would be String concatenation. If both are number it would be addition. Remember left to right operation. Thanks and Regards, cmbhatt

cmbhatt

Lovleen Gupta Ranch Hand Joined: Feb 26, 2007 Posts: 63

posted 4/5/2007 11:44 AM

Thanks..Got it..!!

I agree. Here's the link: http://aspose.com/file-tools

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