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		wheaties on March 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java Puzzle: Square Root I hate to break it to you but "n" is not final. Hence, you can reassign any BigInteger to it. Why not just set n = 9 and the root = 3... Immutability is your friend. Use it or lose it.

craigching on March 20, 2013 | [–]

But n is also private, so you can't reassign it without using setAccessible or changing the security manager, both forbidden by the rules.

coolbrow on March 20, 2013 | | [–]

But "n" is private and the rules state the solution must be in a different class. Thus you can't simply reassign it.

tantalor on March 20, 2013 | [–]

You can't assign anything to a private variable.

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