Chapter 3.1 : JAVA BASIC OPERATORS

Java provides a rich set of operators to manipulate variables. We can divide all the Java operators into the

following groups:

·         Arithmetic Operators

·         Relational Operators

·         Bitwise Operators

·         Logical Operators

·         Assignment Operators

·         Misc Operators

The Arithmetic Operators:

Arithmetic operators are used in mathematical expressions in the same way that they are used in algebra. T he

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 - Increases the value of operand by 1	B++ gives 21
--	Decrement - Decreases the value of operand by 1	B-- gives 19

// Demonstrate the basic arithmetic operators.

class BasicMath {

public static void main(String args[]) {

// arithmetic using integers

System.out.println("Integer Arithmetic");

int a = 1 + 1;

int b = a * 3;

int c = b / 4;

int d = c - a;

int e = -d;

System.out.println("a = " + a);

System.out.println("b = " + b);

System.out.println("c = " + c);

System.out.println("d = " + d);

System.out.println("e = " + e);

// arithmetic using doubles

System.out.println("\nFloating Point Arithmetic");

double da = 1 + 1;

double db = da * 3;

double dc = db / 4;

double dd = dc - a;

double de = -dd;

System.out.println("da = " + da);

System.out.println("db = " + db);

System.out.println("dc = " + dc);

System.out.println("dd = " + dd);

System.out.println("de = " + de);

}

}

When you run this program, you will see the following output:

Integer Arithmetic

a = 2

b = 6

c = 1

d = -1

e = 1

Floating Point Arithmetic

da = 2.0

db = 6.0

dc = 1.5

dd = -0.5

de = 0.5