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BJP4 Self-Check 5.28: assertions2

Language/Type: Java assertions
Author: Leslie Ferguson (on 2016/09/08)

For each of the five points labeled by comments, identify each of the assertions in the table below as either being always true, never true, or sometimes true / sometimes false.

public static int mystery(int n) {
    Random r = new Random();
    int a = r.nextInt(3) + 1;
    int b = 2;

    // Point A
    while (n > b) {
        // Point B
        b = b + a;

        if (a > 1) {
            n--;

            // Point C
            a = r.nextInt(b) + 1;
        } else {
            a = b + 1;
            // Point D
        }
    }

    // Point E
    return n;
}

Fill in each box of the the table below with ALWAYS, NEVER or SOMETIMES.

n > b a > 1 b > a
Point A
Point B
Point C
Point D
Point E

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