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Arithmetic Assignment Operators Example

  1. /*
  2.         Arithmetic Assignment Operators Example
  3.         This example shows how to use Java airthmetic assignment operators like
  4.         +=, -=, *= and /=.
  5. */
  6. public class ArithmeticAssignmentOperatorExample {
  7.  
  8.         public static void main(String[] args) {
  9.                
  10.                 /*
  11.                  * Java provides short cut operators to combine an Arithmetic
  12.                  * operator and assignment operator.
  13.                  *
  14.                  * For example,
  15.                  *
  16.                  * i = i + 5;
  17.                  *
  18.                  * can also be rewritten as
  19.                  *
  20.                  * i+= 4;
  21.                  */
  22.                  
  23.                  int i = 5;
  24.                  int j = 10;
  25.                  
  26.                  i += 5; //same as i = i + 5
  27.                  j -= 2; //same as j = j - 2
  28.                  
  29.                  System.out.println("i = " + i);
  30.                  System.out.println("j = " + j);
  31.                
  32.         }
  33. }
  34.  
  35. /*
  36. Output would be
  37. i = 10
  38. j = 8
  39. */

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