Meaning of Zero Before Number in Java -

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i have code this, don't know why result variable have false value after execution code

int x = 234; boolean result = (x<0250); 

and why following code doesn't work properly?

system.out.println(0250); 

it prints 168 !! why?!

integer literals starting 0 octal (base 8) not decimal (base 10).

your options are

hexadecimal = 0x0c; decimal = 12;  octal = 014; binary = 0b1100;