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Subject: Re: value of Math.abs(a), int a=null;
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:20:21 -0500
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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