Thread: Display a variable in exception catch

Hi,

(new to java) I want to be notified when my box has no longer access to internet. The below test code works but it only returns a variable when I can ping a site, otherwise, it doesn't return anything.

How can I get the "false" feedback from said code?

TIA

HTML Code:

package ping;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;

public class Ping {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        InetAddress address;
        String test = "";

        try {
            address = InetAddress.getByName("www.google.com");

            boolean reachable = address.isReachable(5000);

            test = String.valueOf(reachable);

            System.out.println(test);
            
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println(test);
        }

    }
}

Sorry, did not explain myself well.

When my PC has access to internet (pinging google), the System.out.println(test) prints "true".
When there is no connection to internet, how do I get System.out.println(test) print "false"?

I knew it was a simple fix
Thank you!