theonewolf

• Execute Java with something like: javac Test.java; java Test
• The comments are valuable feedback in interpreting lines of Java code and understanding what they do
• The output of the program discusses why certain things are occurring, and offers ideas on answering the question
• My (attempt at a) final answer: This is just a defensive programming technique, meant for programmers. It doesn't technically do anything, and is just a "best practice" convention to follow when assigning values to float-typed variables