Passing Arguments to Java

Java Applications define an array of optional String arguments. The example shown in Figure 26.9 makes use of arguments. It receives a list of values and prints them:

      JAVA BuyCar Explorer, Jeep, Accura 

Figure 26.9: Passing arguments to a Java application.

This line of code invokes the Buycar Java class and passes it three arguments "Explorer," "Jeep," and "Accura." The application prints each of the values as follows:

• Explorer

• Jeep

• Accura

Strings are not the only kind of data Java has to work with. The various numeric data types, such as the integer type discussed earlier, are commonly used in Java and are often used in mathematical formulas. A list of valid arithmetic operators are listed in Table 26.2.

Table 26.2: Arithmetic Operators

+	Add
—	Subtract
*	Multiply
/	Divide
%	Modulus (remainder after division)
+=	Add to itself
-=	Subtract from itself
*=	Times itself
/=	Divide into itself
Var++	Return value of variable then add one to variable
++Var	Add one to variable then returns its new value
Var−−	Return value of variable then subtract one from it
−−Var	Subtract one from variable then returns its new value