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Live2Win *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6657 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-02 05:28:37
February 02 2008 04:29 GMT
#1
After the following expressions are evaluated, what are the values of a, b, c, and d? Note that the expressions are all in one program and each expression might affect the next.

double a = 5, b = 2, c = 6, d;
------------------------------
a *= b;
------------------------------
c = a % 3 + c / b;
------------------------------
c = b– –;
------------------------------
a = _____
b = _____
c = _____
d = _____

-----------------------------------------------------------
I don't get what a *= means. I thought you needed a value to multiply a with?

And since I don't get the first one I can't get b, and since I can't get b I can't any of them -.-;;



Also,

Declare a variable alpha of type char and assign it an initial value of the lowercase letter g.

I think that means get alpha and set it to "g". But I don't think my code is right (it doesn't work when it's compiled either).

+ Show Spoiler [Please don't laugh] +
public static void main(String args[]) {
char alpha;
alpha = “g”;
}


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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25991 Posts
February 02 2008 04:35 GMT
#2
I think
X _= Y means X = X _ Y
So in your example: a = a*b
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Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
February 02 2008 04:37 GMT
#3
yeah...
x+=5
is
x=x+5

so i guess what chill said
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
February 02 2008 04:40 GMT
#4
answers?
+ Show Spoiler +
a=10.0, b=2.0, c=1.0, d=0.0 ?
Daveed
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States236 Posts
February 02 2008 04:42 GMT
#5
If this is a Java question, why don't you open up eclipse or whatever you use, and try some of those expressions?
FreeZEternal
Profile Joined January 2003
Korea (South)3396 Posts
February 02 2008 04:45 GMT
#6
a = 10
b = 1
c = 2
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-02 04:53:01
February 02 2008 04:51 GMT
#7
you ask about multiplication but not modulo? strange

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Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
February 02 2008 04:52 GMT
#8
On February 02 2008 13:51 fusionsdf wrote:
you ask about multiplication but not modulo? strange

modulus doesn't really matter in this question
Live2Win *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6657 Posts
February 02 2008 04:53 GMT
#9
On February 02 2008 13:51 fusionsdf wrote:
you ask about multiplication but not modulo? strange


I understand modulo :p

I actually looked this up and found out. Thanks for helping out guys.
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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
February 02 2008 04:53 GMT
#10
yeah but I always found +=, -=,/=, *= intuitive.

modulo confused me quite a bit when I first saw it :O
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FreeZEternal
Profile Joined January 2003
Korea (South)3396 Posts
February 02 2008 05:03 GMT
#11
The line c = a % 3 + c / b; is useless here. -.-
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
February 02 2008 05:19 GMT
#12
On February 02 2008 14:03 FreeZEternal wrote:
The line c = a % 3 + c / b; is useless here. -.-

exactly
that's why b=2 and c=1
Live2Win *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6657 Posts
February 02 2008 05:25 GMT
#13
On February 02 2008 14:19 Saracen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 02 2008 14:03 FreeZEternal wrote:
The line c = a % 3 + c / b; is useless here. -.-

exactly
that's why b=2 and c=1

why? I don't get why it's useless.

a *= b;
a = a * b
a = 5 * 2
so,
a = 10

c = a % 3 + c / b
c = (10 % 3) + (6 / 2)
c = (1) + (3)
so,
c = 4

c = b--;
c = 2--
so,
c = 2
b = 1

Thus, a = 10, b = 1, c = 2

I'm not sure what "d" is. What's the default for that value?
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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-02 05:34:01
February 02 2008 05:33 GMT
#14
On February 02 2008 14:25 Live2Win wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 02 2008 14:19 Saracen wrote:
On February 02 2008 14:03 FreeZEternal wrote:
The line c = a % 3 + c / b; is useless here. -.-

exactly
that's why b=2 and c=1

why? I don't get why it's useless.

a *= b;
a = a * b
a = 5 * 2
so,
a = 10

c = a % 3 + c / b
c = (10 % 3) + (6 / 2)
c = (1) + (3)
so,
c = 4

c = b--;
c = 2--
so,
c = 2
b = 1

Thus, a = 10, b = 1, c = 2

I'm not sure what "d" is. What's the default for that value?


because you are setting c to some long equation

and then the very next step you set c to one less than b

In other words, you saved a value to c, didnt use it, and saved over it

as for d, it depends on the language. Java protects you, so it should be 0.0
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
February 02 2008 05:38 GMT
#15
for:
public static void main(String args[]) {
char alpha;
alpha = “g”;
}

you have to use single quotes for chars (at least you do in C++ and I assume its the same here)

so it should be
public static void main(String args[]) {
char alpha;
alpha = 'g';
}

or you can combine the two steps to

public static void main(String args[]) {
char alpha = 'g';
}

which will initialize it with a value.


as a follow up to d, java protects you, but some languages don't. be careful relying on the value of a variable you didnt give a value to yet :O
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
Macavenger
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1132 Posts
February 02 2008 05:49 GMT
#16
For people saying the final variables are c=1 and b=2, look at it more carefully. b-- means evaluate b, then decrement b. At the start of that step b = 2, so c is set to 2, then b is decremented, giving c = 2 and b = 1. Most of you are doing c = b - 1; which is very different from c = b--;. For c to end up 1 using the -- operator, it would need to be c = --b; which would set both b and c to 1.
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-02 07:32:06
February 02 2008 07:29 GMT
#17
+ Show Spoiler +
double a = 5, b = 2, c = 6, d;

a *= b; // equivalent to a = a * b, or a = 5 * 2, or a = 10

c = a % 3 + c / b; // equivalent to c = (10 mod 3) + (6 / 2), or c = (1) + (3), or c = 4

c = b– –; //equivalent to c = b; b = b - 1, or c = 2, b = 2 - 1, or c = 2; b = 1

End values:
a = 10
b = 1
c = 2
d is uninitialized.

Also, to set char alpha to lowercase g:

this will work:
char alpha = 'g';

this will also work:
char alpha; alpha = 'g';

this also will work:
char alpha; alpha = 71; // 71 is ASCII for 'g'
Compilers are like boyfriends, you miss a period and they go crazy on you.
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
February 02 2008 07:54 GMT
#18
Um, what? You'll get a compile error if you try to access d, I think. d is uninitialized.

If d wasn't a primitive type, it would be equal to null. Since it is a primitive type, its value is uninitialized and you'd get a compile error.
Compilers are like boyfriends, you miss a period and they go crazy on you.
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-02 08:24:27
February 02 2008 08:08 GMT
#19
oh damn im way too late huh? T_T
anyway bottleabuser is right.
compiler would kick your face for trying to make use of d when there's no gaurantee that it won't be null. However, assuming d was initialized as 0, you'd get a = 10 b = 1 c = 2 d = 0
and the char one .. so ez.
char alpha = 'g';

is this for school?
Oh no
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
February 02 2008 08:15 GMT
#20
it's post decrement,

so c is 1 more than b.

and BottleAbuser is right. You can't compile your code unless you have d initialized.
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