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357mag · Jul 28th, 2007, 5:22 AM

So just by itself, the result 1000 0000 doesn't necessarily mean true to Java. You have to go one step further and include a comparison operator in your if statement like this:

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if (result != 0)
   System.out.print("This line will execute.");

else
   System.out.print("You won't see this.");

The end result of explicitly adding the != operator to your if statement is that Java will actually compare the result(1000 0000) to 0(!= 0) and then the end result of that will in fact be either a true or a false, meaning the outcome will be in fact a boolean value. Then the compiler will go ahead and execute the appropriate line. God I hope I got this correct.

Jul 28th, 2007, 5:22 AM	#13
357mag Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 148 Rep Power: 4	So just by itself, the result 1000 0000 doesn't necessarily mean true to Java. You have to go one step further and include a comparison operator in your if statement like this: (Toggle Plain Text) if (result != 0) System.out.print("This line will execute."); else System.out.print("You won't see this."); if (result != 0) System.out.print("This line will execute."); else System.out.print("You won't see this."); The end result of explicitly adding the != operator to your if statement is that Java will actually compare the result(1000 0000) to 0(!= 0) and then the end result of that will in fact be either a true or a false, meaning the outcome will be in fact a boolean value. Then the compiler will go ahead and execute the appropriate line. God I hope I got this correct.