Understanding java program [duplicate]

Question

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Weird java behavior with casts to primitive types

Why following prints 1?

int i = (char) - (int) + (long) - 1;
System.out.println(i);

Why above lines of code prints 1? How come the value of i become 1?

Answer 1

Look at it this way, with each expression getting its own variable (well, aside from the -1).

long a = (long) -1; // a = -1
int b = (int) a;    // b = -1
int c = -b;         // c = 1
int d = (char) c;   // d = 1
int i = (int) d;    // i = 1 (implicit conversion)