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 compliment 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