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Re: value of Math.abs(a), int a=null;

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On 1/22/2019 11:09 AM, Akshay Goel wrote:
> In below code, how is the if statement working?
> 
> Integer closest = null;
> 		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
> 			int current = in.nextInt();
> 			if(closest == null || Math.abs(closest) > Math.abs(current)
> 					|| Math.abs(closest) == Math.abs(current) && closest < current) closest = current;
> 		}
> 		System.out.println(closest);

|| is a short circuiting operator.

So if closest == null is true then it skip the other two OR
conditions and do closest = current..

Arne

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value of Math.abs(a), int a=null; Akshay Goel <goelakshay001@gmail.com> - 2019-01-22 08:09 -0800
  Re: value of Math.abs(a), int a=null; Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2019-01-22 11:20 -0500
  Re: value of Math.abs(a), int a=null; Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-01-22 11:32 -0500

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