These tutorials will introduce you to Java programming Language. You'll compile and run your Java application, using Sun's JDK. It's very easy to learn java programming skills, and in these parts, you'll learn how to write, compile, and run Java applications. Before you can develop corejava applications, you'll need to download the Java Development Kit (JDK).

PART-2


Java Conditional Operators

Java has the conditional operator. It's a ternary operator -- that is, it has three operands -- and it comes in two pieces, ? and :, that have to be used together. It takes the form
 

Boolean-expression ? expression-1 : expression-2
 

The JVM tests the value of Boolean-expression. If the value is true, it evaluates expression-1; otherwise, it evaluates expression-2. For
 

Example

if (a > b) {
     max = a;
}
else {
     max = b;
}


Setting a single variable to one of two states based on a single condition is such a common use of if-else that a shortcut has been devised for it, the conditional operator, ?:. Using the conditional operator you can rewrite the above example in a single line like this:

max = (a > b) ? a : b;