building java programs chapter 2
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Building Java Programs Chapter 2. Variables and string concatenation. Variables. Variable declaration. Declaring a variable tells Java to set aside a place to store a value. Variables must be declared before they can be used. Syntax: < name> ; // The name is an identifier . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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VARIABLE DECLARATION
Declaring a variable tells Java to set aside a place to store a value. Variables must be declared before they can be used.
Syntax:<type> <name>; // The name is an identifier.
int x;
double myGPA;
x
myGPA
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VARIABLE ASSIGNMENT
Assigning a value to a variable updates its contents, dumping out whatever used to be there. The value can be an expression: the variable stores the result.
Syntax:<name> = <expression>;
int myFirstVariable;
myFirstVariable = 307;
myFirstVariable = -3 - 4;
myFirstVariable
307myFirstVariable
-7myFirstVariable
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VARIABLE ASSIGNMENT
Assignment uses = • It is not an algebraic equation.
• = means: "store the value at right in variable at left“
• The right side expression is evaluated first,and then its result is stored in the variable at left.
What happens here?
int x = 3;x = x + 2; // ???
3X
5X
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EXPRESSIONS WITH VARIABLES
Variables can stand in for values in expressions.
double cookiesPerMinute = 3.5;
int cookiesInJar = 12;
double totalMinutes = cookiesInJar / cookiesPerMinute;
int minutes = (int) totalMinutes;
int seconds = ((int) (totalMinutes * 60)) % 60;
3.429totalMinutes
3minutes
25seconds
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SHORTHAND ARITHMETIC OPERATORS
Some operations are so commonly done that shorthand operators are included in Java.
total = total + 33; => total += 33;
price = price * taxRate; => price *= taxRate;
numAwards = numAwards + 1; => ++numAwards;
or numAwards++;
cookiesInJar = cookiesInJar – 1; => --cookiesInJar;
or cookiesInJar--;
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EXPANDED PRECEDENCE TABLE
Description Operators
unary operators +, -, ++, --
multiplicative operators *, /, %
additive operators +, -assignment operators =, +=, -=, *=, /=, %=
This table is on page 86 of your book
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PROGRAMMING PRACTICE
Write a program that will calculate the percent you earned on your Monday quiz.
Declare variables for
percent, points earned, points possible
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STRING CONCATENATION
Like “adding” strings together, it uses the + or += operators.
String myMessage = "Hello" + " and welcome";
myMessage += " to my party!";
myMessage += "\nIt's been going on for " + 3 + " years straight!";
System.out.println(myMessage);Hello and welcome to my party!It's been going on for 3 years straight!
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EXAMPLE
2 + " times " + 3 + " = " + 2 * 3
2 + " times " + 3 + " = " + 6
"2 times " + 3 + " = " + 6
"2 times 3" + " = " + 6
"2 times 3 = " + 6
"2 times 3 = 6"
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IN YOUR NOTEBOOK…
2 + " plus " + 3 + " = " + 2 + 3
"2 plus " + 3 + " = " + 2 + 3
…
"2 plus 3 = 23"
How do you fix it?
2 + " plus " + 3 + " = " + (2 + 3)
…
"2 plus 3 = 5"
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PROGRAMMING PRACTICE 2
Create a Java class called Area that has the following methods:
• Square
• Rectangle
• Triangle
• Circle
• SphereEach method should declare 1-2 variables (one for base, height, length, etc.), initialize the variables to 1, and print the area or surface area of the shape.
Have the main method call each shape method to test that your program works!