What is the output of the following program?

public class BearOrShark {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int luck = 10;
if((luck>10 ? luck++: --luck)<10) {
System.out.print("Bear");
} if(luck<10) System.out.print("Shark");
} }

❌ A. Bear
❌ B. Shark
✅ C. BearShark
❌ D. The code will not compile because of line 4.
❌ E. The code will not compile because of line 6.
❌ F. The code compiles without issue but does not produce any output

Explanation:
The code compiles and runs without issue, so options D and E are correct. Remember that only one of the right-hand ternary expressions will be evaluated at runtime. Since luck is not less than 10, the second expression, --luck, will be evaluated, and since the pre-increment operator was used, the value returned will be 9, which is less than 10. So the first if-then statement will be visited and Bear will be output. Notice there is no else statement on line 6. Since luck is still less than 10, the second if-then statement will also be reached and Shark will be output; therefore, the correct answer is option C.