// Zorah Fung
// This program illustrates "Value Semantics"
// When we pass primitive types (e.g. int, double) we pass a *copy*
// of the value to the method.
public class ValueSemantics { 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
       int x = 23;
       System.out.println("1. x = " + x);
       strange(x); // Passing the value of (x) not the variable itself
       System.out.println("3. x = " + x); // x = 23
   }

   public static void strange(int x) {
       x = x + 1; // Modify parameter x
       System.out.println("2. x = " + x);
   }    
}






















/* whatever I want */