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Q6. What is wring with this code?

1 public class WhatIsWrong {

2 300+ Big Data Interview
3 public static void main(String args[]) { Q&As - Quick Prep FAQs
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5 float sum = 0; 300+ Big Data Interview
6 while (sum != 1.0) { FAQs 📌 
7 sum += 0.1;
8 }
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9 System.out.print("The sum is: "+sum); 250+ Python interview
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11 }
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12 }
13

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A6. Infinite loop at due to sum != 1.0. Using floating point variables
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infinite loops. Comparing for “>” or “<" can cause precision issues. A 16+ Tech Key Areas FAQs 
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1 import java.math.BigDecimal;
2
3 public static void main(String[] args) {
4 BigDecimal sum = BigDecimal.ZERO;
5 while (sum.compareTo(BigDecimal.ONE) != 0) {
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6 sum = sum.add(BigDecimal.valueOf(0.1)); 800+ Enterprise & Core
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8 System.out.print("The sum is: "+sum); //The sum is:
9 }
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Q7. What is wring with this code?

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1 import java.math.BigDecimal;
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3 public class WhatIsWrong {
4
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5 public static void main(String args[]) { Tutorials - Enterprise Java 
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7 System.out.println(1.05 - 0.42); //1
8 System.out.println(new BigDecimal("1.05").subtract(ne
9 System.out.println(new BigDecimal(1.05).subtract(new
10 System.out.println(BigDecimal.valueOf(1.05).subtract(
11 System.out.println(105 - 42); //5
12
13 }
14 }
15
16

A7. In the above code, //2, //4, and //5 are correct and //1 and //3 are
incorrect usage leading to rounding issues. //3 is wrong due to
incorrect usage of BigDecimal. So, either use BigDecimal properly as
shown in //2 and //4, or use the smallest monetary value like cents
with data type long as shown in //5. The cents approach performs
better, and handy in applications that have heavy monetary
calculations. Never use a floating point variable like float or double
for monetary claculations. As they cause rounding issues as shown
in //1.

Q8. What is wring with this code?

1 import java.util.Set;
2 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
3
4 public class WhatIsWrong {
5
6 public static void main(String args[]) {
7
8 Set<Person> people = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<>();
9 people.add(new Person("John", 35));
10 people.add(new Person("John", 32));
11 people.add(new Person("Simon", 30));
12 people.add(new Person("Shawn", 30));
13
14 System.out.println(people);

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16 Person search = new Person("John", 35);
17
18 if (people.contains(search)) {
19 System.out.println("found: " + search);
20 } else {
21 System.out.println("not found: " + search);
22 }
23
24 }
25
26 //inner class
27 static class Person {
28
29 private String name;
30 private Integer age;
31
32 public Person(String name, Integer age) {
33 this.name = name;
34 this.age = age;
35 }
36
37 // getters and setters
38
39 @Override
40 public String toString() {
41 return "Person [name=" + name + ", age=" + age +
42 }
43 }
44
45 }
46
47

A8. The output will be

1 [Person [name=John, age=35], Person [name=John, age=32], Perso

2 not found: Person [name=John, age=35]

Q. Why is the person not found even though that person is there in
the collection?
A. Every Java object implicitly extends the Object class, which has
the default implementation of equals(…) and hashCode( ) methods.
The equals(…) method is implicitly invoked by the Set class’s
contains(…) method. In this case the default implementation in the
Object class performs a shallow comparison of the references, and
not the actual values like name and age. The equals and hashCode
methods in Java are meant for overridden for POJOs. So, this can be
fixed as shown below by overriding the equals and hashCode
methods in Person.

After adding “hashCode()” and “equals(Object obj)” methods

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1 // inner class
2 static class Person {
3
4 private String name;
5 private Integer age;
6
7 public Person(String name, Integer age) {
8 this.name = name;
9 this.age = age;
10 }
11
12 // getters and setters
13
14 @Override
15 public String toString() {
16 return "Person [name=" + name + ", age=" + age +
17 }
18
19 @Override
20 public int hashCode() {
21 final int prime = 31;
22 int result = 1;
23 result = prime * result + ((age == null) ? 0 : ag
24 result = prime * result + ((name == null) ? 0 : n
25 return result;
26 }
27
28 @Override
29 public boolean equals(Object obj) {
30 if (this == obj)
31 return true;
32 if (obj == null)
33 return false;
34 if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
35 return false;
36 Person other = (Person) obj;
37 if (age == null) {
38 if (other.age != null)
39 return false;
40 } else if (!age.equals(other.age))
41 return false;
42 if (name == null) {
43 if (other.name != null)
44 return false;
45 } else if (!name.equals(other.name))
46 return false;
47 return true;
48 }
49 }
50

Output:

1 [Person [name=John, age=35], Person [name=John, age=32], Perso

2 found: Person [name=John, age=35]
3

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