F

fall-through, in switch statements, 328

File class

creating files with, 431–432

overview, 429

File I/O. See I/O (input/output)

FileReader class, 429, 433–435

files

creating, 431–432

working with, 438–443

FileWriter class, 430, 433–435

final

class declaration, 15–16

class member declaration, 40, 41

increment/decrement and, 291

methods, 420

variable declaration, 57–58

finalize(), garbage collection, 253

finally statement

exception handling and, 347–349

legal expressions of, 349–350

flags, format strings, 490

floating-point literals, 178–179

floating-point numbers, 186

flow control

break statements, 326–328, 340

conditional expressions in for loops, 334–335

continue statements, 341

declaration and initialization of for loops, 334

default case for switch statements, 329

do loops, 332–333

enhanced for loops (for arrays), 338–340

exercise creating labeled while loop, 344

exercise creating switch-case statement, 330

fall-through in switch statements, 328

if-else, 317–320

if statements, 316

iteration expressions in for loops, 335–336

labeled statements and, 342–343

legal expressions of case statement, 323–326

legal expressions of if statements, 320–322

legal expressions of switch statement, 323–326

for loop issues, 336–338

for loops, 333–334

self test answers, 399–410

self test questions, 389–398

switch statements, 316, 322–323

two-minute drill, 385–386

unlabeled statements and, 341–342

while loops, 331–332

flush(), 434

for loops

conditional (boolean) expressions, 334–335

declaration and initialization, 334

enhanced (for arrays), 338–340

issues with, 336–338

iteration expressions, 335–336

labeled statements and, 342–343

overview, 333–334

for statement, 338–340

forcing garbage collection, 250–252

format(), 489–491

formatting

printf() and format(), 489–491

self test answers, 508–520

self test questions, 498–507

two-minute drill, 496–497