Analyze the following code.

Question

public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int month = 09;
System.out.println("month is " + month);
}
}
a. The program displays month is 09.
b. The program displays month is 9.
c. The program displays month is 9.0.
d. The program has a syntax error, because 09 is an incorrect literal value.

Answer 1

d Any numeric literal with the prefix 0 is an octal value. But 9 is not an octal digit. An octal digit is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.