What will be the output of the program? public class ExamQuestion6
{
static int x;
boolean catch()
{
x++;
return true;
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
x=0;
if ((catc…

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What will be the output of the program? public class ExamQuestion6 
{
    static int x; 
    boolean catch()
    {
        x++; 
        return true; 
    } 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        x=0; 
        if ((catc…

Accepted Answer

Initially this looks like a question about the logical and logical shortcut operators "|" and "||" but on closer inspection it should be noticed that the name of the boolean method in this code is "catch". "catch" is a reserved keyword in the Java language and cannot be used as a method name. Hence Compilation will fail.

What will be the output of the program? public class ExamQuestion6 { static int x; boolean catch() { x++; return true; } public static void main(String[] args) { x=0; if ((catch() | catch()) || catch()) x++; System.out.println(x); } }

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