What does “java result” means?

Question

after execution of my program written in java I see this output:

java result: 2147483647

What does this number means anyway? T

Answer 1

You assign Integer.MAX_VALUE in five different places in your code; one of the locations is elements in the mins array.

This code near the end of your main() method can print out values from the mins array:

   int result = 0;
   for(int i=0;iresult)
           result = mins[i];

   }
   if(result==Integer.MAX_VALUE){
       System.out.println("IMPOSSIBLE");
   }
   else{
       System.out.println(result);
   }
}
    else{
        System.out.println("IMPOSSIBLE");
   }

Here's a small test program to find out what Integer.MAX_VALUE actually is:

$ cat test.java ; javac test.java ; java sars
class sars {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
            System.out.println("Integer.MAX_VALUE: " + Integer.MAX_VALUE);
    }
}
Integer.MAX_VALUE: 2147483647

I was wrong in my earlier comment about a -1 leaking through somewhere -- you've embedded the funny value five times into your code. :) I don't know which one is leaking out, or if your algorithm is actually working exactly as it should. Good luck hunting that down :) but at least with your full code posted, someone may help you find what we're both missing.