Operators in java

Summary of Operators

The following quick reference summarizes the operators supported by the Java programming language.

Simple Assignment Operator

=   simple assignment operator

 

Arithmetic Operators

+   additive operator (also used for String concatenation)







-   subtraction operator







*   multiplication operator







/   division operator







%   remainder operator

 

Unary Operators

+   Unary plus operator; indicates positive value







    (numbers are positive without this, however)







-   Unary minus operator; negates an expression







++  Increment operator; increments a value by 1







--  Decrement operator; decrements a value by 1







!   Logical complement operator; inverts the value of a boolean

 

Equality and Relational Operators

==   equal to







!=   not equal to







>    greater than







>=   greater than or equal to







<    less than







<=   less than or equal to

 

Conditional Operators

&&   Conditional-AND







||   Conditional-OR







?:   Ternary (shorthand for if-then-else statement)

 

Type Comparison Operator

instanceof compares an object to a specified type

 

Bitwise and Bit Shift Operators

~   unary bitwise complement







<<  signed left shift







>>  signed right shift







>>> unsigned right shift







&   bitwise AND







^   bitwise exclusive OR







|   bitwise inclusive OR











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