The Java® Tutorial: A Short Course on the Basics, Fifth Edition

Index

Symbols

- (minus sign)

operator, 56–59, 224–225

in regular expressions, 488–490

-- operator, 56, 58, 63

_ (underscore)

in constant names, 114

in numeric literals, 48–49, 688

in package names, 207

in predefined character classes, 492

in variable names, 43–44

, (comma)

in numbers, 48, 222, 225

in regular expressions, 498

; (semicolon)

in class paths, 213, 536

declaring abstract methods, 158

in statements, 25, 66, 267

listing enum types, 126

terminating method signatures, 136, 138

: (colon), in class paths, 213

! operator, 58, 63

!/ separator, 569

!= operator, 56, 59–60

? (question mark)

in regular expressions, 179–182, 323

?: operator, 56, 60

/ (forward slash)

file name separator, 211, 310, 364, 530, 548

operator, 56–57, 224–225

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