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Andrew Husted
11,271 PointsQuestion about boolean value and variable updating
I was trying to form a better understanding of booleans and variables. Why does "comp;" not return true after updating the value of age1?
jshell> int age1 = 10;
age1 ==> 10
jshell> int age2 = 16;
age2 ==> 16
jshell> boolean comp = age1 > age2;
comp ==> false
jshell> comp;
comp ==> false
jshell> age1 = 19;
age1 ==> 19
jshell> comp;
comp ==> false
1 Answer
Steven Parker
243,253 PointsIn this example, "comp" is still holding the result of the first comparsion. After changing "age1", do this to update "comp":
comp = age1 > age2;