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4.1 Java - Lecture20 PDF

This lesson explains the concepts of expressions and assignment statements in programming. An expression can be reduced to a single value, while an assignment statement assigns a value to a variable, making it an expression as well. The lesson concludes with a note on copyright and a prompt for the next homework assignment.

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4.1 Java - Lecture20 PDF

This lesson explains the concepts of expressions and assignment statements in programming. An expression can be reduced to a single value, while an assignment statement assigns a value to a variable, making it an expression as well. The lesson concludes with a note on copyright and a prompt for the next homework assignment.

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Lesson 20

Assignment and
Expression Statements.

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What is an Expression?
- An expression is something that can be reduced into a single value.
• 4+4 -> is an expression that can be reduced to 8.
• 16-4*7/2 -> is an expression that can be reduced to 2.
• 17 > 23 -> reduces to false.

- This also applies to variables.


• age = 28 -> reduces to 28.
• char = ‘c’ -> reduces to c.

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What is an Assignment?
- An assignment statement is also an expression.
- For example:
• float temp = 23.22f;
• Dog rex = new Dog();
- In both these cases, the statement can be reduced to a single value,
meaning it is an expression statement.
- We are also giving a variable a value, which is an assignment statement,
or you could call it an assignment expression.
- So, this:
• int x = 14

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• … is technically a declaration assignment expression!
Great work, you’ve completed this lesson!

Next up: Homework 3 - Pick the Right


Data Type.

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