Javascript 007: Operator

Arity

• Unary: accepts one single expression. e.g. -x
• Binary: accepts exactly 2 expressions. e.g. a*b
• Ternary: combines 3 expressions into 1 expression, only one. i.e. ?: -- conditional operator

lval: 等号左边的variable. e.g. variables, object properties, array elements.

Arithmetic Operator

• Basics: + - * /
  • /: all divisions have floating-point results
  • 0/0 results in NaN
• Modulo: %
  • Returns remainder
  • 5%2 = 1
  • -5%2 = -1
  • also works for floating-point
• Exponental: **
  • e.g. 2**8: 2 to the power of 8
  • Math.pow() also works

Note: NaN operand always result in NaN result

The binary '+' type conversion

• 有string-like的时候自动转string，return合并后的string
  • 没有string-like的时候做纯数学加法
• 有object的时候自动转primitive
  • Date用toString()
  • 其他object用valueOf()或者toString()
  • 转完primitive后有string，return合并后的string
  • 转完primitive后只有numbers，做纯数学加法

Note: 依然需要按顺序从左到右evaluate，此规律仅判断一个➕运算结果

1 + 2 + “something” // 3something
1 + （2+“something”）// 12something

Unary Arithmatic Operators

• +x: converts 'x' to a number, or NaN
• -x: converts 'x' to a number, or NaN, then flip the sign
• ++x: adds 1 to x, use new value to do the rest of the evaluation
• x++: adds 1 to x, use old value to do the rest of the evaluation
• --x: subtracts 1 from x, use new value to do the rest of the evaluation
• x--: subtracts 1 from x, use old value to do the rest of the evaluation

Bitwise Operators

• Bitwise AND (&): Boolean AND operation on each bit
• Bitwise OR (|): Boolean OR operation on each bit
• Bitwise XOR (^): Boolean exclusive OR operation on each bit. i.e. either bit is true, but not both
• Bitwise NOT (~): Reversing all bits. i.e. flipping sign and subtracting 1
• Left shift (<<)
• Right shift with sign (>>)
• Right shift with zero fill (>>>)