Java Puzzle – Variable Declaration



In Java, how will you declare a variable x such that the following two conditions are satisfied?
  1. 1.    x = ++x  is valid
  2. 2.    x = x + 1 is invalid
    
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  1. Yogesh DevatrajJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Disappointing .... :(
    No one can solve this or no one has time to look at ....

    Anyway here is the answer

    byte x = 100;
    // or short x = 100; or char x = 100;
    x = ++x; // valid
    x = x + 1; // not valid

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  2. AloshJanuary 25, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    If I say I knew it, but read the question wrong, will you believe me?

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  3. Yogesh DevatrajJanuary 25, 2011 at 3:42 AM

    Yes i have to , as you have proof (similar but previous dated post) :)

    Otherwise ... :)

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  4. Javin @ Tibco RV TutorialFebruary 3, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Good one dude. ++ automatically involves casting while "+" does not , remembered this concept while I prepared for SCJP , some how didn't recall it quickly :)

    Thanks
    Javin
    How classpath works in Java

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  5. akdAugust 24, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    do you syntactically valid or both the statements should give same value of x ??

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