Java 17 Quick Syntax Reference: A Pocket Guide to the Java SE Language, APIs, and Library

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M. OlssonJava 17 Quick Syntax Referencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7371-5_4

4. Operators

Mikael Olsson¹  

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Hammarland, Länsi-Suomi, Finland

 

Operators are special symbols used to operate on values. The operators that deal specifically with numbers can be grouped into five types: arithmetic, assignment, comparison, logical, and bitwise operators.

Arithmetic Operators

The arithmetic operators include the four basic arithmetic operations, as well as the modulus operator (%), which is used to obtain the division remainder:

float x = 3+2; // addition (5)

      x = 3-2; // subtraction (1)

      x = 3*2; // multiplication (6)

      x = 3/2; // division (1)

      x = 3%2; // modulus (1)

Note that the division sign gives an incorrect ...