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Java Puzzlers: From The Book Java Puzzlers by Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter

This document summarizes several Java code snippets that demonstrate puzzling or unexpected behaviors in Java. The snippets cover topics like integer modulo operation, floating point number rounding, integer and long addition, variable declaration and assignment, operator precedence, exception handling, and null references. Each snippet is accompanied by an explanation of its unexpected output.

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Java Puzzlers: From The Book Java Puzzlers by Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter

This document summarizes several Java code snippets that demonstrate puzzling or unexpected behaviors in Java. The snippets cover topics like integer modulo operation, floating point number rounding, integer and long addition, variable declaration and assignment, operator precedence, exception handling, and null references. Each snippet is accompanied by an explanation of its unexpected output.

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Java Puzzlers

From the book Java Puzzlers


by Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter
Oddity
 The following method tests whether its argument is odd:
 public static boolean isOdd(int i) {
return i % 2 == 1;
}
 Does it work?

 It gives the correct answer for ¾ of the integers


Making change
 public class Change {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(2.00 - 1.10);
}
}

 0.8999999999999999
Long Division
 public class LongDivision {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final long MICROS_PER_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 1000;
final long MILLIS_PER_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
System.out.println(MICROS_PER_DAY / MILLIS_PER_DAY);
}
}

 5
Addition
 public class Addition {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(12345 + 5432l);
}
}

 17777
Tweedledum
 Declare variables x and i such that
x += i;
is legal, but
x = x + i;
is not legal

 short x = 0;
int i = 123456;
Tweedledee
 Declare variables x and i such that
x = x + i;
is legal, but
x += i;
is not legal

 Object x = "Hello ";


String i = "world!";
+=
 public class PlusEquals {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int i = 2;
i += 3.75;
System.out.println(i);
}
}

 5
Last Laugh
 public class LastLaugh {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("H" + "a");
System.out.print('H' + 'a');
}
}

 Ha169
Indecision
 public class Indecisive {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(decision());
}
static boolean decision() {
try {
return true;
}
finally {
return false;
}
}
}

 false
HelloGoodbye
 public class HelloGoodbye {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
System.out.println("Hello world!");
System.exit(0);
}
finally {
System.out.println("Goodbye world!");
}
}
}

 Hello world!
The reluctant constructor
 public class Reluctant {
private Reluctant internalInstance = new Reluctant();
public Reluctant() throws Exception {
throw new Exception("I'm not coming out!");
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Reluctant b = new Reluctant();
System.out.println("Surprise!");
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("I told you so.");
}
}
}

 Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError


Hello again
 public class Null {
public static void main(String[] args) {
((Null)null).greet();
}

public static void greet() {


System.out.println("Hello world!");
}
}

 Hello world!
The End

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