Add section: ASSIGNMENT Operators explained wit example (#34029)
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title: Basic Operations
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# Basic Operations
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## Basic Operations
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Java supports the following operations on variables:
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```Java
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Person obj1 = new Person();
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Person obj2 = new Boy();
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// As obj is of type person, it is not an
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// instance of Boy or interface
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System.out.println("obj1 instanceof Person: " + (obj1 instanceof Person)); /*it returns true since obj1 is an instance of person */
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```
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### Operation of ASSIGNMENT Operators explained:
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Often times students come across questions in exam/quizes involving complex equations/relations between different variables established with different combinations of assignmen operators. On face, they look preety ambiguous. But follwoing a simpe rule might make solving them preety straigh forward.
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The rule itself is simple... On any circumstance, first one must deal with PRE-operations, then 'Assignment' operator and then finally comes with 'POST - operations'.
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In summary, the order of operation is -
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Step 1. PRE-operations
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Step 2. Assignment
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Step 3. POST - operations.
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For example:
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```java
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int a = 1;
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int b;
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int b = a-- + ++a ;
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```
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What will be the value of a & b after the program compiles?
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Step 1. PRE-operations:
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a is assigned value 1.
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Upon pre-assignment, it becomes 2(since it is '+' here)
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Step 2. Assignment:
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At this point,
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a = 2
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and for b ,
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b =a-- + ++a
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or, b = 2-- + 2 = 4. [Note:POST - operations has not yet come to play yet]
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Step 3. POST - operations:
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At this point,
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b = 4
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a = 2. But WAIT, there's still one 'post operation' on a to deal with... i.e. a--
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So it follows:
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```java
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a-- // 2-- = 1 (since it is '-' here).
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```
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Again, consider this example:
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```java
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int num1 = 10;
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int num2 = 0;
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int num3 = 4;
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int num4 = 6;
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num3 = ++num1 - num4++;
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```
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What will be the value of num3 & num4 ?
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```
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num3 = 5
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num4 = 7
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```
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