Java – why is this loop not infinite

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Why is there a one second gap between the start and end messages in the following code?

System.out.println("Start:" + LocalTime.Now());
for (int i = 0; i > -1; i++) { /*Infinite looP*/ }
System.out.println("End  :" + LocalTime.Now());

I tried to find out if DCE needed time to process this type of code, but I couldn't find much

Solution

As you have defined "I" as int, the range is - 2147483648 to 2647 Once - 2147483648 is reached (your code loop starts at 0 and increments by 1), the condition becomes false and the loop is interrupted

int i;
    System.out.println("Start: " + LocalTime.Now());
    for (i = 0; i > -1; i++) { /*Infinite looP*/ }
    System.out.println("End  :" + LocalTime.Now());
    System.out.println("i  :" + i);

Try the above and you will see that the final value is - 2147483648, so it comes out of the loop