Clarification about “int” number that begins with 0

Question

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int i = 012;
        System.out.println(i);
    }
}

Why the output is : <

Answer 1

012 is the octal value for 10 in decimal. So your telling java to print the integer at octal pos 012. Here: http://www.asciitable.com/ shows octal to decimal vaulue conversions.