I need some help understanding why the following code compiles the way it does. These were questions that I recently had on test. The point of this test was to see our knowledge of "braces" locations within the code. So this code is missing braces.

1. What is the value after the following code executes?

int (donuts = 10;

if (donuts!= 10)

donuts = 0;

else

donuts += 2;

Answers:

A. 12

B. 10

C. 0

D. 2

I know the answer is 'A', but I am not clear on why. A similar question is posted below.

2. What is the value of donuts after the following code executes?

int donuts = 10;

if (donuts = 1)

donuts = 0;

else

donuts +=2;

Answers:

A. 12

B. 10

C. 0

D. 1

This answer is 'C', but again I am not clear on why.