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title: Basic Operations
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# Basic Operations
Java supports the following operations on variables:
* __Arithmetic__ : `Addition (+)`, `Subtraction (-)`, `Multiplication (*)`, `Division (/)`, `Modulus (%)`,`Increment (++)`,`Decrement (--)`.
* __String concatenation__: `+` can be used for String concatenation, but subtraction `-` on a String is not a valid operation.
* __Relational__: `Equal to (==)`, `Not Equal to (!=)`, `Greater than (>)`, `Less than (<)`, `Greater than or equal to (>=)`, `Less than or equal to (<=)`
* __Bitwise__: `Bitwise And (&)`, `Bitwise Or (|)`, `Bitwise XOR (^)`, `Bitwise Compliment (~)`, `Left shift (<<)`, `Right Shift (>>)`, `Zero fill right shift (>>>)`
* __Logical__: `Logical And (&&)`, `Logical Or (||)`, `Logical Not (!)`
* __Assignment__: `=`, `+=`, `-=`, `*=`, `/=`, `%=`, `<<=`, `>>=`, `&=`, `^=`, `|=`
* __Others__: `Conditional/Ternary(?:)`, `instanceof`
While most of the operations are self-explanatory, the Conditional (Ternary) Operator works as follows:
`expression that results in boolean output ? return this value if true : return this value if false;`
Example:
True Condition:
```java
int x = 10;
int y = (x == 10) ? 5 : 9; // y will equal 5 since the expression x == 10 evaluates to true
```
False Condition:
```java
int x = 25;
int y = (x == 10) ? 5 : 9; // y will equal 9 since the expression x == 10 evaluates to false
```
The instance of operator is used for type checking. It can be used to test if an object is an instance of a class, a subclass or an interface. General format-
*object **instance** of class/subclass/interface*
Here is a program to illustrate instanecof operator:
```Java
Person obj1 = new Person();
Person obj2 = new Boy();
// As obj is of type person, it is not an
// instance of Boy or interface
System.out.println("obj1 instanceof Person: " + (obj1 instanceof Person)); /*it returns true since obj1 is an instance of person */
```