Unreachable code in Java

Question

I don\'t get what does \"unreachable code\" means ?

Here in the last line of my code double probabilityOfWin = wins / (wins + loses); it says unreachabl

Answer 1

This loop here:

while(GAMES <= 9999)
{
    ...
}

resolves to while (true) because the value of GAMES is never modified. So any code that comes after (in your case, double probabilityOfWin = wins / (wins + loses);) is deemed unreachable.

Answer 2

You did not make any change to the constant GAME. So while loop will never terminate. Last line of code is unreachable. Unreachable means the code never gets executed. For example,

return 15;
int a = 12;

Then the last line of code will not get executed because the function has already returned.