[bootsiebella]

I am trying to find the value of x, y, and z after execution but I can't get it to compile

public class Numbers
{
int x=3, y=4, z=5;
switch(y) {
case 2:
x *= y;
case 4:
y = (x + z)/y;
case 6:
z += y++;
break;
case 8:
z++;
default:
x -= y;
}

Also there is something wrong with this code can anyone help me out please!

for(int i=0;i<22;i++) {
if(i<10) {
int j= 2 + i;
}
System.out.println("i: " + i + " j: " + j);
}

[Chicon]

At the root of a Java class, you may only have declarations of variables, methods and constructors.
You can't simply have statements outside a method.

In the second part, the integer j has no existence outside the if statement.
Indeed, a variable exists only inside the area, delimited by the symbols { }, where it has been declared.
Therefore, the System.out.println statement won't never work as j is only known between the { } area of the if statement.

[bootsiebella]

public class TestA {
public static void main( String args[] )
{


int x=3, y=4, z=5;
switch(y) {
case 2:
x *= y;
case 4:
y = (x + z)/y;
case 6:
z += y++;
break;
case 8:
z++;
default:
x -= y;
}
}
}
This compiles but how do I get the results for x, y, and z. Can you show me please!
Thanks

[Chicon]

Here's a way to display the results :

public class TestA {

   public static void main( String args[] )
   {
      int x=3, y=4, z=5;
      switch(y) {
         case 2:
            x *= y;
         case 4:
            y = (x + z)/y;
         case 6:
            z += y++;
            break;
         case 8:
            z++;
         default:
            x -= y;
      }
      System.out.println("x = " + x + "  y = " + y + "  z = " + z);
    }
}

In this case, the System.out.println statement will work as the variables x, y, z are declared in the same area delimited by the { } of the main method.
In my prior post, I should have specified that variables may exist in inner areas. Therefore, x, y and z may work in the area delimited in the switch statement.