ASSIGNMENT,ARITHMETIC AND URINARY OPERATORS

The Simple Assignment Operator
One of the most common operators that you'll encounter is the simple assignment operator "=". You saw this operator in the Bicycle class; it assigns the value on its right to the operand on its left:
int cadence = 0;
int speed = 0;
int gear = 1;
This operator can also be used on objects to assign object references, as discussed in creating a object.The Arithmetic Operators
The Java programming language provides operators that perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There's a good chance you'll recognize them by their counterparts in basic mathematics. The only symbol that might look new to you is "%", which divides one operand by another and returns the remainder as its result.
+ additive operator (also used for String concatenation)
- subtraction operator
* multiplication operator
/ division operator
% remainder operator.
The following program ArithmeticDemo, tests the arithmetic operators.
class ArithmeticDemo
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
int result = 1 + 2; // result is now 3
System.out.println(result);
result = result - 1; // result is now 2
System.out.println(result);
result = result * 2; // result is now 4
System.out.println(result);
result = result / 2; // result is now 2
System.out.println(result);
result = result + 8; // result is now 10
result = result % 7; // result is now 3
System.out.println(result);
}
}
You can also combine the arithmetic operators with the simple assignment operator to create compound assignments.
For example, x+=1; and x=x+1; both increment the value of x by 1.
The + operator can also be used for concatenating (joining) two strings together, as shown in the following program:
class ConcatDemo {
public static void main(String[] args){
String firstString = "This is";
String secondString = " a concatenated string.";
String thirdString = firstString+secondString;
System.out.println(thirdString);
}
}
By the end of this program, the variable thirdString contains "This is a concatenated string.", which gets printed to standard output.
The Unary Operators
The unary operators require only one operand; they perform various operations such as incrementing/decrementing a value by one, negating an expression, or inverting the value of a boolean.
+ 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
The following program, urinary demo,tests the unary operators:
class UnaryDemo {
public static void main(String[] args){
int result = +1; // result is now 1
System.out.println(result);
result--; // result is now 0
System.out.println(result);
result++; // result is now 1
System.out.println(result);
result = -result; // result is now -1
System.out.println(result);
boolean success = false;
System.out.println(success); // false
System.out.println(!success); // true
}
}
The increment/decrement operators can be applied before (prefix) or after (postfix) the operand. The code result++; and ++result; will both end in result being incremented by one. The only difference is that the prefix version (++result) evaluates to the incremented value, whereas the postfix version (result++) evaluates to the original value. If you are just performing a simple increment/decrement, it doesn't really matter which version you choose. But if you use this operator in part of a larger expression, the one that you choose may make a significant difference.
The following program, PrePostDEmo, illustrates the prefix/postfix unary increment operator:
class PrePostDemo {
public static void main(String[] args){
int i = 3;
i++;
System.out.println(i); // "4"
++i;
System.out.println(i); // "5"
System.out.println(++i); // "6"
System.out.println(i++); // "6"
System.out.println(i); // "7"
}
}