Index

SYMBOLS

-- (decrement) operator, 290–291, 300

- (subtraction) operator, 286

& (AND) operator, 296–297

&& (AND) operator, short-circuit AND, 294–296

% (remainder) operator, 287

* (multiplication) operator, 286

. (dot) metacharacter, 479

/ (division) operator, 286

\d (digit), 475

\s (whitespace character), 475

\w (word character), 475

^ (XOR), 297, 533

I (OR) operator, 296–297

I | (OR) operator, short-circuit OR, 294–296

+ (addition) operator, 286

++ (increment) operator, 290–291, 300

< (less than), 279

= (assignment) operators

boxing and, 235–236

compound assignment operators, 277–278

floating-point numbers, 186

literals that are too large for the variable, 186–187

overview of, 180–181, 276–277

primitive assignments, 181–183

primitive casting, 183–185

= = (equals) operator

boxing and, 235

for enums, 282–283

equals() compared with, 524

overview, 280

for primitives, 280–281

for references variables, 281–282

> (greater than), 279