Arithmetic Operators
Java defines the following arithmetic operators:
The operators +, –, *, and / all work the same way in Java as they do in any other computer language (or algebra, for that matter). These can be applied to any built-in numeric data type. They can also be used on objects of type char.
Although the actions of arithmetic operators are well known to all readers, a few special situations warrant some explanation. First, remember that when / is applied to an integer, any remainder will be truncated; for example, 10/3 will equal 3 in integer division. You can obtain the remainder of this division by using the modulus operator %. It ...
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