3. Using Operators and Decision Constructs

Note:

• there is overlap between topics, which is unavoidable due to the organisation of the objectives
• Touched on topics are introduced, but covered in other sections in much greater detail

Use Java operators; including parentheses to override operator precedence

Topics:

• operators, operands and expressions
• arithmetic operators and operator predecence
• String concatenation using +
• Promoting operands
• increment and decrement
• Shift operators
• Comparison operators
• Logical operators, including short-circuited
• Assignment operators
• Other operators

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Test equality between Strings and other objects using == and equals ()

Topics:

• String literals vs String objects
• Which objects implement equals(), and those that only provide reference equality

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Create if and if/else and ternary constructs

Topics:

• if/else if/else if/else
• ternary operator

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Use a switch statement

Topics:

• Supported data types and values
• case, break and default

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