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13,253 PointsWhy is the '!' symbol used next to the object reference?
It might sound silly but I am intrigued to know why does the program crash if the NOT inverter is used next the method name?
1 Answer
Luksy Breezy
268 Pointsthe "!" is saying if an object evaluates to false. take for example u are checking if a file exist. and u write a code like this. File file = new File("test.txt"); file.createNewFile(); if (!file.exist()) { // do something }
the block of code in the if statement will not run because the file EXIST and what you are checking for is "IF FILE NOT EXIST" do something.
Benjamin Gooch
20,367 PointsBenjamin Gooch
20,367 PointsWhat do you mean "the program crashes"? I'm not sure what you mean by if you use the inverter next to the method name, either. That's where it goes, right before what you want to invert.
Could you please clarify?