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ParameterMysteryExam2

Language/Type: Java parameters return

The following console program uses parameters and produces five lines of output. What are they? 

public class ParameterMysteryExam2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String x = "happy";
        String y = "pumpkin";
        String z = "orange";
        String pumpkin = "sleepy";
        String orange = "vampire";

        orange(y, x, z);
        x = orange(x, z, y);
        orange(pumpkin, z, "y");
        z = "green";
        orange("x", "pumpkin", z);
        orange(x, z, orange);
    }

    public static String orange(String z, String y, String x) {
        System.out.println(y + " and " + z + " were " + x);
        return x + y + z;
    }
}
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