Operators are shown in decreasing order of precedence from top to bottom (Fig. A.1).
Operator |
Description |
Associativity |
---|---|---|
++ |
unary postfix increment |
right to left |
-- |
unary postfix decrement |
|
++ |
unary prefix increment |
right to left |
-- |
unary prefix decrement |
|
+ |
unary plus |
|
- |
unary minus |
|
! |
unary logical negation |
|
~ |
unary bitwise complement |
|
( type ) |
unary cast |
|
* |
multiplication |
left to right |
/ |
division |
|
% |
remainder |
|
+ |
addition or string concatenation |
left to right |
- |
subtraction |
|
<< |
left shift |
left to right |
>> |
signed right shift |
|
>>> |
unsigned right shift |
|
< |
less than |
left to right |
<= |
less than or equal to |
|
> |
greater than |
|
>= |
greater than or equal to |
|
instanceof |
type comparison |
|
== |
is equal to |
left to right |
!= |
is not equal to |
|
& |
bitwise AND |
left to right |
boolean logical AND |
||
^ |
bitwise exclusive OR |
left to right |
boolean logical exclusive OR |
||
| |
bitwise inclusive OR |
left to right |
boolean logical inclusive OR |
||
&& |
conditional AND |
left to right |
|| |
conditional OR |
left to right |
?: |
conditional |
right to left |
= |
assignment |
right to left |
+= |
addition assignment |
|
-= |
subtraction assignment |
|
*= |
multiplication assignment |
|
/= |
division assignment |
|
%= |
remainder assignment |
|
&= |
bitwise AND assignment |
|
^= |
bitwise exclusive OR assignment |
|
|= |
bitwise inclusive OR assignment |
|
<<= |
bitwise left shift assignment |
|
>>= |
bitwise signed-right-shift assignment |
|
>>>= |
bitwise unsigned-right-shift assignment |
Introduction to Computers, the Internet and the World Wide Web
Introduction to Java Applications
Introduction to Classes and Objects
Control Statements: Part I
Control Statements: Part 2
Methods: A Deeper Look
Arrays
Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look
Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance
Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism
GUI Components: Part 1
Graphics and Java 2D™
Exception Handling
Files and Streams
Recursion
Searching and Sorting
Data Structures
Generics
Collections
Introduction to Java Applets
Multimedia: Applets and Applications
GUI Components: Part 2
Multithreading
Networking
Accessing Databases with JDBC
Servlets
JavaServer Pages (JSP)
Formatted Output
Strings, Characters and Regular Expressions
Appendix A. Operator Precedence Chart
Appendix B. ASCII Character Set
Appendix C. Keywords and Reserved Words
Appendix D. Primitive Types
Appendix E. (On CD) Number Systems
Appendix F. (On CD) Unicode®
Appendix G. Using the Java API Documentation
Appendix H. (On CD) Creating Documentation with javadoc
Appendix I. (On CD) Bit Manipulation
Appendix J. (On CD) ATM Case Study Code
Appendix K. (On CD) Labeled break and continue Statements
Appendix L. (On CD) UML 2: Additional Diagram Types
Appendix M. (On CD) Design Patterns
Appendix N. Using the Debugger
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