int a = 7, b = 21;
a > b ? a : b ;

A good answer might be:

The expression is evaluated to 21.


Maximum

The expression evaluates to the maximum of two values:

  1. The condition a > b is false, so
  2. The part after the colon (:) is evaluated, to 21.
  3. The entire expression evaluates to that value.

(Usually such an expression is part of a longer statement that does something with the value.) Here is a program fragment that prints the minimum of two variables.

int a = 7, b = 21;
System.out.println( "The min is: " + (a ______ b ? a : b ) );

Other than the blank, the fragment is correct. The value of the conditional expression can be used with the concatenation operator "+" in the println() statement.

QUESTION 3:

Fill in the blank so that the program fragment works correctly.