Java Primitive Data Types and Operations

Topic 01 : Introduction

• Trace a Program Execution 

Topic 02  : Identifiers & Variables 

• Identifiers

1. An identifier is a sequence of characters that consist of letters, digits, underscores (_), and dollar signs ($).
2. An identifier must start with a letter, an underscore (_), or a dollar sign ($). It cannot start with a digit.
3. An identifier cannot be a reserved word.
4. An identifier cannot be true, false, or null.
5. An identifier can be of any length.

• Declaring Variables 

              int x;   // Declare x to be an integer variable;               double radius;  // Declare radius to be a double variable;               char a;   // Declare a to be a character variable; 

• Assignment Variables

            x = 1;   // Assign 1 to x; 

             radius = 1.0;  // Assign 1.0 to radius;
             a = ‘A’;   // Assign ‘A’ to a;

• Declaring and Initializing in One Step 

            int x = 1;  // Declare x to be an integer variable    // And assign 1 to x
            double d = 1.4;  // Declare d to be a double variable    // And assign 1.4 to d

• Constants 

final datatype CONSTANTNAME = VALUE; 

             final double PI = 3.14159; 

             final int SIZE = 3; 

Topic 03 : Numbers 

• Numerical Data Types

• Numeric Operators

• 5 / 2 yields an integer 2 
• 5.0 / 2 yields an double value 2.5 
•  5 % 2 yields 1 (the remainder of the division)

• Remainder Operator

          Remainder is very useful in programming. For example, an even number % 2 is always 0 and an odd number % 2 is always 1. So you can use this property to determine whether a number is even or odd. Suppose today is Saturday and you and your friends are going to meet in 10 days. What day is in 10 days? You can find that day is Tuesday using the following expression:

Example : Displaying Time

        Write a program that obtains hours and minutes from seconds. 

         public class DisplayTime {     

              public static void main(String[] args) {  

                     int seconds = 10000;          

                     int totalMinutes = seconds / 60;         

                     int hours =  totalMinutes / 60;  

                     int minutes = totalMinutes % 60;  

                     System.out.println( seconds + " seconds is " + hours +  " hours and " + minutes + "                                                           minutes");      

                 } 

            } 

• NOTE 

           Calculations involving floating-point numbers are approximated because these numbers are not stored with complete accuracy. For example,

System.out.println(1.0 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1);

 displays 0.5000000000000001, not 0.5, and   

System.out.println(1.0 - 0.9); 

displays 0.09999999999999998, not 0.1. 

 Integers are stored precisely. Therefore, calculations with integers yield a precise integer result. 

• Number Literals 

     A literal is a constant value that appears directly in the program. For example, 34, 1,000,000, and 5.0 are literals in the following statements:
              - int i = 34;
              - long x = 1000000;
              - double d = 5.0;

• Integer Literals 

     An integer literal can be assigned to an integer variable as long as it can fit into the variable. A compilation error would occur if the literal were too large for the variable to hold.       For example, the statement byte b = 1000 would cause a compilation error, because 1000 cannot be stored in a variable of the byte type.
     An integer literal is assumed to be of the int type, whose value is between -231 (-2147483648) to 231–1 (2147483647).
     To denote an integer literal of the long type, append it with the letter L or l. L is preferred because l (lowercase L) can easily be confused with 1 (the digit one).

• Floating-Point Literals 

     Floating-point literals are written with a decimal point. By default, a floating-point literal is treated as a double type value.      For example, 5.0 is considered a double value, not a float value.
     You can make a number a float by appending the letter f or F, and make a number a double by appending the letter d or D.       For example, you can use 100.2f or 100.2F for a float number, and 100.2d or 100.2D for a double number.

• Scientific Notation 

     Floating-point literals can also be specified in scientific notation, for example, 1.23456e+2, same as 1.23456e2, is equivalent to 123.456, and 1.23456e-2 is equivalent to 0.0123456. E (or e) represents an exponent and it can be either in lowercase or uppercase.

• Arithmetic Expressions 

Example : Converting Temperatures 

     Write a program that converts a Fahrenheit degree to Celsius using

the formula: 

            public class CLASSNAME {
                      public static void main(String[] args) {
                      // your statements…
                            System.out.println ( “RESULT MESSAGE“ );
                       }
                }

Example : Converting Temperatures 

public class FahrenheitToCelsius {    
        public static void main(String[] args) {
              double fahrenheit = 100;      
              double celsius = (5.0 / 9) * (fahrenheit - 32);

               System.out.println(“Fahrenheit " + fahrenheit +  " is " +  celsius + " in Celsius");    
         } }

• Shortcut Assignment Operators 
  

• Increment and Decrement Operators

        Using increment and decrement operators makes expressions short, but it also makes them complex and difficult to read. Avoid using these operators in expressions that modify multiple variables, or the same variable for multiple times such as this : int k = ++i + i.

• Numeric Type Conversion 

     When performing a binary operation involving two operands of different types, Java automatically converts the operand based on the following rules:  
1. If one of the operands is double, the other is converted into double.
2. Otherwise, if one of the operands is float, the other is converted into float.
3. Otherwise, if one of the operands is long, the other is converted into long.
4. Otherwise, both operands are converted into int.

• Type Casting 

            Implicit Casting 

                double d = 3; ( Type Widening )

            Explicit Casting 

                 int i = (int)3.0; (type narrowing)
                 int i = (int)3.9; (Fraction part is truncated)

• Range