Introducing Data Types and

Operators
The Primitive Types
The Primitive Types
• Java defines eight primitive types of data: byte, short, int, long, char,
float, double, and boolean.
• Java strictly specifies a range and behavior for each primitive type, which all
implementations of the Java Virtual Machine must support
• These can be put in four groups:
 Integers This group includes byte, short, int, and long, which are for whole-
valued signed numbers.
 Floating-point numbers This group includes float and double, which represent
numbers with fractional precision.
 Characters This group includes char, which represents symbols in a character
set, like letters and numbers.
 Boolean This group includes boolean, which is a special type for representing
true/false values.
Integers
• Java defines four integer types: byte, short, int, and long.
• byte b, c;
• short s;
• short t;
• int lightspeed;
• long days;
Example program
Floating-Point Types
• Floating-point numbers, also known as real numbers, are used when
evaluating expressions that require fractional precision.
• float hightemp, lowtemp;
• double pi, r, a;
• The type float specifies a single-precision value that uses 32 bits of storage.
• Double precision, as denoted by the double keyword, uses 64 bits to store a
value.
• When you need to maintain accuracy over many iterative calculations, or
are manipulating large-valued numbers, double is the best choice.
Example program
Characters
• In Java, the data type used to store
characters is char.
• In C/C++, char is 8 bits wide. This is not
the case in Java.
• Java uses Unicode to represent characters.
Unicode defines a fully international
character set that can represent all of the
characters found in all human languages.
• It is a unification of dozens of character
sets, such as Latin, Greek, Arabic,
Cyrillic, Hebrew, Katakana, Hangul, and
many more. For this purpose, it requires
16 bits.
• In Java, char is an unsigned 16-bit type
having a range of 0 to 65,536.
Booleans
• Java has a primitive
type, called boolean, for
logical values.
• It can have only one of
two possible values,
true or false.
• This is the type returned
by all relational
operators.
Variables
• The variable is the basic unit of storage in a Java program.
• A variable is defined by the combination of an identifier, a type, and
an optional initializer.
• In addition, all variables have a scope, which defines their visibility,
and a lifetime.
• Declaring a Variable
• type identifier [ = value][, identifier [= value] ...] ;
• The type is one of Java’s atomic types, or the name of a class or
interface.
• The identifier is the name of the variable.
Dynamic initialization of variables
The Scope and Lifetime of Variables
• Java allows variables to be declared
within any block.
• A block is begun with an opening
curly brace and ended by a closing
curly brace. A block defines a scope.
• A scope determines what objects are
visible to other parts of your
program.
• It also determines the lifetime of
those objects.
• Scopes can be nested.
• Variables are created when their
scope is entered, and destroyed
when their scope is left.
• The lifetime of a variable is
confined to its scope.
Cont..
Operators
Arithmetic Operators

• The operands of the arithmetic operators must be of a numeric type.

• You cannot use them on boolean types, but you can use them on char types, since the char type
in Java is, essentially, a subset of int.
The Basic Arithmetic Operators
The Modulus Operator Arithmetic Compound Assignment
• The modulus operator, %, returns the
remainder of a division operation.
Operators
• There are compound assignment operators for all of the
• It can be applied to floating-point types
as well as integer types. arithmetic, binary operators.
• Any statement of the form var = var op expression;
can be rewritten as var op= expression;
Increment and Decrement
• The Assignment Operator
 The assignment operator is the single
equal sign, =.
 It has this general form: var =
expression;
 Here, the type of var must be
compatible with the type of expression.
• The ? Operator
• Java includes a special ternary (three-
way) operator that can replace certain
types of if-then-else statements.
• The ? has this general form:
expression1 ? expression2 :
expression3
 Here, expression1 can be any expression
that evaluates to a boolean value.
 If expression1 is true, then expression2
is evaluated; otherwise, expression3 is
evaluated.
Relational Operators
• The relational operators determine the relationship that one operand
has to the other.
• Specifically, they determine equality and ordering.
Boolean Logical Operators
• All of the binary logical operators combine two boolean values to
form a resultant boolean value.
Short-Circuit Logical Operators
• Java supplies special short-circuit versions of its AND and OR logical operators
that can be used to produce more efficient code.
• In an AND operation, if the first operand is false, the outcome is false no matter
what value the second operand has.
• In an OR operation, if the first operand is true, the outcome of the operation is true
no matter what the value of the second operand. Thus, in these two cases there is
no need to evaluate the second operand. By not evaluating the second operand,
time is saved and more efficient code is produced.
• The short-circuit AND operator is &&, and the short-circuit OR operator is ||.
Their normal counterparts are & and |.
• The only difference between the normal and short-circuit versions is that the
normal operands will always evaluate each operand, but short-circuit versions will
evaluate the second operand only when necessary.
Type Conversion and Casting
• Java’s Automatic Conversions
• When one type of data is assigned to another type of variable, an
automatic type conversion will take place if the following two
conditions are met:
 The two types are compatible.
 The destination type is larger than the source type.
• When these two conditions are met, a widening conversion takes
place.
• There are no automatic conversions from the numeric types to char or
boolean.
Casting Incompatible
Types
• To create a conversion
between two
incompatible types, you
must use a cast.
• A cast is simply an
explicit type
conversion. It has this
general form:
(target-type) value
Operator Precedence
Type Conversion in Expressions
Expressions : Operators, variables, and literals are constituents of expressions.
Java’s type promotion rules:
• First, all char, byte, and short values are promoted to int.
• Then, if one operand is a long, the whole expression is promoted to long.
• If one operand is a float operand, the entire expression is promoted to float.
• If any of the operands is double, the result is double.
• It is important to understand that type promotions apply only to the values
operated upon when an expression is evaluated. For example, if the value of a
byte variable is promoted to int inside an expression, outside the expression, the
variable is still a byte. Type promotion only affects the evaluation of an
expression.
Control Statements
• There are three categories of program control statements:
• selection statements, which include the if and the switch;
• iteration statements, which include the for, while, and do-
while loops; and
• jump statements, which include break, continue, and
return.
Input Characters from the Keyboard
 Java’s Selection Statements
• Java supports two selection statements: if and switch.
• These statements allow you to control the flow of your program’s
execution based upon conditions known only during run time.
• If
 The if statement is Java’s conditional branch statement.
 The general form of the if statement:
if (condition) statement1;
else statement2;
 Here, each statement may be a single statement or a compound statement
enclosed in curly braces (that is, a block).
 The condition is any expression that returns a boolean value.
 The else clause is optional.
Example program:
• Nested ifs
• A nested if is an if statement that is the target of another if or else.
• When you nest ifs, the main thing to remember is that an else statement always refers to
the nearest if statement that is within the same block as the else and that is not already
associated with an else.
• The if-else-if Ladder
switch
• The switch statement is Java’s multiway branch statement.
• It provides an easy way to dispatch execution to different parts of your code based on the value
of an expression.
Iteration Statements
• Java’s iteration statements are for, while, and do-while.
• These statements create what we commonly call loops.
• While
 It repeats a statement or block while its controlling expression is true. Here is
its general form:
while(condition) {
// body of loop
}
 The condition can be any Boolean expression.
 The body of the loop will be executed as long as the conditional expression is
true.
 When condition becomes false, control passes to the next line of code
immediately following the loop.
 The curly braces are unnecessary if only a single statement is being repeated.
• The body of the while (or any other of Java’s loops)
can be empty.
• This is because a null statement (one that consists
only of a semicolon) is syntactically valid in Java.
• do-while
 The do-while loop always executes its body
at least once, because its conditional
expression is at the bottom of the loop. Its
general form is
do {
// body of loop
} while (condition);
 Each iteration of the do-while loop first
executes the body of the loop and then
evaluates the conditional expression.
 If this expression is true, the loop will
repeat. Otherwise, the loop terminates.
• for
 The general form of the traditional for statement:
for(initialization; condition; iteration) {
// body
}
 If only one statement is being repeated, there is no need for
the curly braces.
 When the loop first starts, the initialization portion of the
loop is executed.
 Generally, this is an expression that sets the value of the
loop control variable, which acts as a counter that controls
the loop.
 Next, condition is evaluated. This must be a Boolean
expression.
 It usually tests the loop control variable against a target
value.
 If this expression is true, then the body of the loop is
executed. If it is false, the loop terminates.
 Next, the iteration portion of the loop is executed. This is
usually an expression that increments or decrements the
loop control variable.
Some Variations on the for Loop
Jump Statements
• Java supports three jump statements:
break, continue, and return.
• These statements transfer control to
another part of your program.
• Using break
 By using break, you can force immediate
termination of a loop, bypassing the
conditional expression and any remaining
code in the body of the loop.
 When a break statement is encountered
inside a loop, the loop is terminated and
program control resumes at the next
statement following the loop.
Cont..
• Using break as a Form of Goto
 The general form of the labeled break statement is shown here:
break label;
 label is the name of a label that identifies a block of code.
Example 2:
Example 3:
Example 4:
• Using continue
 A continue statement causes control to be transferred directly to the
conditional expression that controls the loop.
• return
 The return statement is used to
explicitly return from a method.
 It causes program control to
transfer back to the caller of the
method.
 At any time in a method the
return statement can be used to
cause execution to branch back to
the caller of the method.
 Thus, the return statement
immediately terminates the
method in which it is executed.