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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Incrementing and Decrementing

Posted by Prem Agrawal
Prem Agrawal
204 Points

Default value for boolean is?

At 05:50 the boolean is initailized to false but what would happen if its just left uninitialsed????

1 Answer

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Prem,

If you look that up in the Java Docs, you will see that the default value for a boolean in Java is False.

Here, I would imagine that it was initialized to false in the code simply for semantic reasons. This way, if someone else reads the code, or you read it in the future, it is clear what the value is initially.

Keep Coding! :) :dizzy:

Prem Agrawal
Prem Agrawal
204 Points

Thank you for your precious time, I am grateful for your help and yeah programming is funnnnn.......!!!