Java - Order of Operations - Using Two Assignment Operators in a Single Line

Question

What are the order of operations when using two assignment operators in a single line?

public static void main(String[] args){
    int i = 0;
    int[] a = {         


        

Answer 1

= is parsed as right-associative, but order of evaluation is left-to-right.

So: The statement is parsed as a[i] = (i = 9). However, the expression i in a[i] is evaluated before the right hand side (i = 9), when i is still 0.

It's the equivalent of something like:

int[] #0 = a;
int #1 = i;
int #2 = 9;
i = #2;
#0[#1] = #2;