Variables and Assignment Statements

Read this chapter, which covers variables and arithmetic operations and order precedence in Java.

12. Two Steps



Answer:
FIRST, do the multiplication 2*3 to get the value 6.


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FIRST, do the multiplication 2*3 to get the value 6.





    

        
Do First

    





    
NEXT, put the result of the calculation into the "litte box of memory" used for the variable value:





    

        
Do Second

    





    
It will really, really help you to think carefully about these two steps. Sometimes even second year computer science majors get confused about this and write buggy code.









Question 13:
What will this program fragment write?
    value = 2*3;
System.out.println( "value holds: " + value );