This chapter discussed the operators that you can use in Java to manipulate the values of variables. It included all the standard arithmetic operators, the increment and decrement operators, the relational operators, the bit-wise operators, and the shift operators. Finally it discussed the concept of operator precedence that defined the rules by which the order of operators is evaluated.
At this point Java is little more than a glorified calculator, so in the next chapter you will learn about flow control so that you can programmatically make decisions in your programs.
