Operators in Java | Java Operators
Java provides a rich set of operators to manipulate variables. We can divide all the Java operators into the following groups:
1. Arithmetic Operators
2. Relational Operators
3. Bitwise Operators
4. Logical Operators
5. Assignment Operators
1. The Arithmetic Operators:
Arithmetic operators are used in mathematical
expressions in the same way that they are used in algebra. The following table
lists the arithmetic operators:
Assume integer variable A holds 10 and variable
B holds 20 then:
Operator |
Description |
Example |
+ |
Addition - Adds values on either side of the
operator |
A + B will give 30 |
- |
Subtraction - Subtracts right-hand operand
from left-hand operand |
A - B will give -10 |
* |
Multiplication - Multiplies values on either
side of the operator |
A * B will give 200 |
/ |
Division - Divides left-hand operand by right
hand operand |
B / A will give 2 |
% |
Modulus - Divides left-hand operand by right
hand operand and returns remainder |
B % A will give 0 |
++ |
Increment - Increase the value of operand by 1 |
B++ gives 21 |
-- |
Decrement - Decrease the value of operand by 1 |
B-- gives 19 |
2. The Relational Operators:
There are the following relational operators
supported by Java language
Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds
20 then:
Operator |
Description |
Example |
== |
Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if yes then the condition becomes true. |
(A == B) is not true. |
!= |
Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal then the condition becomes true. |
(A != B) is true. |
> |
Checks if the value of the left operand is greater than the value of the right operand, if yes then the condition becomes true. |
(A > B) is not true. |
< |
Checks if the value of the left operand is less than the value of the right operand, if yes then the condition becomes true. |
(A < B) is true. |
>= |
Checks if the value of the left operand is greater
than or equal to the value of the right operand, if yes then the condition becomes
true. |
(A >= B) is not true. |
<= |
Checks if the value of the left operand is less
than or equal to the value of the right operand, if yes then the condition becomes
true. |
(A <= B) is true. |
3. The Bitwise Operators:
Java defines several bitwise operators which can
be applied to the integer types, long, int, short, char, and byte.
Bitwise operator works on bits and perform bit
by bit operation. Assume if a = 60; and b = 13; Now in the binary format they will
be as follows:
a = 0011 1100
b = 0000 1101
-----------------
a&b = 0000 1100
a|b = 0011 1101
a^b = 0011 0001
~a = 1100 0011
The following table lists the bitwise operators:
Assume integer variable A holds 60 and variable
B holds 13 then:
Operator |
Description |
Example |
& |
Binary AND Operator copies a bit to the result
if it exists in both operands. |
(A & B) will give 12 which is 0000 1100 |
| |
Binary OR Operator copies a bit if it exists
in eather operand. |
(A | B) will give 61 which is 0011 1101 |
^ |
Binary XOR Operator copies the bit if it is
set in one operand but not both. |
(A ^ B) will give 49 which is 0011 0001 |
~ |
Binary Ones Complement Operator is unary and
has the effect of 'flipping' bits. |
(~A ) will give -61 which is 1100 0011 in 2's
complement form due to a signed binary number. |
<< |
Binary Left Shift Operator. The left operands
value is moved left by the number of bits specified by the right operand. |
A << 2 will give 240 which is 1111 0000 |
>> |
Binary Right Shift Operator. The left operands
value is moved right by the number of bits specified by the right operand. |
A >> 2 will give 15 which is 1111 |
>>> |
Shift right zero-fill operator. The left
operands value is moved right by the number of bits specified by the right
operand and shifted values are filled up with zeros. |
A >>>2 will give 15 which is 0000
1111 |
4. The Logical Operators:
The following table lists the logical operators:
Assume boolean variables A holds true and
variable B holds false then:
Operator |
Description |
Example |
&& |
Called Logical AND operator. If both the operands are non zero then the condition becomes true. |
(A && B) is false. |
|| |
Called Logical OR Operator. If any of the two operands are non zero then the condition becomes true. |
(A || B) is true. |
! |
Called Logical NOT Operator. Use to reverses the logical state of its operand. If a condition is true then Logical NOT an operator will make false. |
!(A && B) is true. |
5. The Assignment Operators:
There are the following assignment operators
supported by Java language:
Operator |
Description |
Example |
= |
Simple assignment operator, Assigns values
from right side operands to left side operand |
C = A + B will assign value of A + B into C |
+= |
Add AND assignment operator, It adds right
operand to the left operand and assign the result to the left operand |
C += A is equivalent to C = C + A |
-= |
Subtract AND assignment operator, It subtracts
right operand from the left operand and assign the result to the left operand |
C -= A is equivalent to C = C - A |
*= |
Multiply AND assignment operator, It
multiplies right operand with the left operand and assign the result to left
operand |
C *= A is equivalent to C = C * A |
/= |
Divide AND assignment operator, It divides
left operand with the right operand and assign the result to the left operand |
C /= A is equivalent to C = C / A |
%= |
Modulus AND assignment operator, It takes
modulus using two operands and assign the result to the left operand |
C %= A is equivalent to C = C % A |
<<= |
Left shift AND assignment operator |
C <<= 2 is same as C = C << 2 |
>>= |
Right shift AND assignment operator |
C >>= 2 is same as C = C >> 2 |
&= |
Bitwise AND assignment operator |
C &= 2 is same as C = C & 2 |
^= |
bitwise exclusive OR and assignment operator |
C ^= 2 is same as C = C ^ 2 |
|= |
bitwise inclusive OR and assignment operator |
C |= 2 is same as C = C | 2 |
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Important Note:
Precedence of Java
Operators:
Operator precedence determines the grouping of
terms in an expression. This affects how an expression is evaluated. Certain
operators have higher precedence than others; for example, the multiplication the operator has higher precedence than the addition operator:
For example x = 7 + 3 * 2; Here x is assigned
13, not 20 because operator * has higher precedence than + so it first gets
multiplied with 3*2 and then adds into 7.
Here operators with the highest precedence
appear at the top of the table, those with the lowest appear at the bottom.
Within an expression, higher precedence operators will be evaluated first.
Category |
Operator |
Associativity |
Postfix |
() [] . (dot operator) |
Left to right |
Unary |
++ - - ! ~ |
Right to left |
Multiplicative |
* / % |
Left to right |
Additive |
+ - |
Left to right |
Shift |
>> >>> << |
Left to right |
Relational |
> >= < <= |
Left to right |
Equality |
== != |
Left to right |
Bitwise AND |
& |
Left to right |
Bitwise XOR |
^ |
Left to right |
Bitwise OR |
| |
Left to right |
Logical AND |
&& |
Left to right |
Logical OR |
|| |
Left to right |
Conditional |
?: |
Right to left |
Assignment |
= += -= *= /= %= >>= <<= &= ^=
|= |
Right to left |
Comma |
, |
Left to right |
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