What will happen if you try to assign a value larger than the maximum value of the byte data type to a byte variable?
- A compilation error will occur because it's not possible to assign a larger value.
- An exception will be thrown at runtime.
- The byte variable will automatically promote to a larger data type to accommodate the value.
- The value will be truncated to fit within the range of the byte data type.
In Java, if you try to assign a value larger than the maximum value (127) of the byte data type to a byte variable, the value will be truncated, and the least significant bits will be retained. This is known as "overflow." The other options do not accurately describe the behavior of byte variables.
Loading...
Related Quiz
- When would you prefer byte streams over character streams while performing I/O operations in Java?
- Which method needs to be overridden to define the task of a thread?
- To access or modify the private fields in a class, you should use ________ methods.
- You are building a text editor in Java which reads large text files. How would you utilize character streams to read data from files, and why are character streams preferable in this scenario?
- When a thread tries to access a synchronized block of code in an object, it must first obtain the ________ on the object.