Flaw in boolean expression

DCrish

What is the flaw in the following Boolean expression? (x>10 && x<5

My homework question was "although the syntax is correct, what is flawed about the expression". Thanks for any insight you can give.

jeremydouglass

Try writing out the expression in English words. What does the expression say?

"If X is greater than 10..."

DCrish

In the homework question, x is equal to 5. So it would be: (5>10 && 5<5)

I am supposed to explain what is flawed about the expression. The idea behind the question is, suppose it was asked as a part of an if statement in processing. Maybe something like this: if (5>10 && 5<5) { rect(10,10,20,20); }

benja

I think the question is more about logic than about code. I have more than 10 apples and have less than 5 apples... Wait, how many apples do i have?

quark

x cannot be greater than 10 AND less than 5 so the expression (x>10 && x<5) will always false for ALL values of x.