what is the logic

[ramya kandasamy]

public static void main(String[ ] args) {
      int x = 5;
      while (x > 1) { 
          x = x + 1;
          if (x < 3) {
               System.out.println("small x");
          }
      }
 }

the output of the program is smallx but how?

[Dheeraj Joshi]

I will suggest you to put the print statement for x inside the if loop

public static void main(String[ ] args) {
int x = 5;
while (x > 1) { 
x = x + 1;
if (x < 3) {
System.out.println(x);
System.out.println("small x");
}
}
}

This will print

-2147483648
small x

While loop will be running continuously and if condition will be failing till x becomes -2147483648. when x reaches -2147483648, it prints small x and comes out of the loop.

Regards
Dheeraj Joshi

[ramya kandasamy]

thanks a lot