The following quick reference summarizes the operators supported by the Java programming language.
= Simple assignment operator
+ Additive operator (also used for String concatenation) - Subtraction operator * Multiplication operator / Division operator % Remainder operator
+ Unary plus operator; indicates positive value (numbers are positive without this, however) - Unary minus operator; negates an expression ++ Increment operator; increments a value by 1 -- Decrement operator; decrements a value by 1 ! Logical complement operator; inverts the value of a boolean
== Equal to != Not equal to > Greater than >= Greater than or equal to < Less than <= Less than or equal to
&& Conditional-AND
|| Conditional-OR
?: Ternary (shorthand for
if-then-else
statement)
instanceof Compares an object to a specified type
~ Unary bitwise complement << Signed left shift >> Signed right shift >>> Unsigned right shift & Bitwise AND ^ Bitwise exclusive OR | Bitwise inclusive OR