Java Data Type How to - Declare integer literals as octal values

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Question

We would like to know how to declare integer literals as octal values.

Answer

Octal values is base 8.

Legal digits in an octal literal can be from 0 to 7.

Octal literals are with a leading zero, for example 035 and 067.

public class MainClass{

  public static void main(String[] a){
     int octValue = 036;
     System.out.println(octValue);
  }

}

The code above generates the following result.

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