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Java Fundamentals

By : Gazihan Alankus, Rogério Theodoro de Brito, Basheer Ahamed Fazal, Vinicius Isola, Miles Obare
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Java Fundamentals

By: Gazihan Alankus, Rogério Theodoro de Brito, Basheer Ahamed Fazal, Vinicius Isola, Miles Obare

Overview of this book

Since its inception, Java has stormed the programming world. Its features and functionalities provide developers with the tools needed to write robust cross-platform applications. Java Fundamentals introduces you to these tools and functionalities that will enable you to create Java programs. The book begins with an introduction to the language, its philosophy, and evolution over time, until the latest release. You'll learn how the javac/java tools work and what Java packages are - the way a Java program is usually organized. Once you are comfortable with this, you'll be introduced to advanced concepts of the language, such as control flow keywords. You'll explore object-oriented programming and the part it plays in making Java what it is. In the concluding chapters, you'll get to grips with classes, typecasting, and interfaces, and understand the use of data structures, arrays, strings, handling exceptions, and creating generics. By the end of this book, you will have learned to write programs, automate tasks, and follow advanced courses on algorithms and data structures or explore more advanced Java courses.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Java Fundamentals
Preface

Conditional Statements


Conditional statements are used to control the flow of execution of the Java compiler based on certain conditions. This implies that we are making a choice based on a certain value or the state of a program. The conditional statements that are available in Java are as follows:

  • The if statement

  • The if-else statement

  • The else-if statement

  • The switch statement

The if Statement

The if statement tests a condition, and when the condition is true, the code contained in the if block is executed. If the condition is not true, then the code in the block is skipped and the execution continues from the line after the block.

The syntax for an if statement is as follows:

if (condition) {
//actions to be performed when the condition is true
}

Consider the following example:

int a = 9;
if (a < 10){
System.out.println("a is less than 10");
}

Since the condition a<10 is true, the print statement is executed.

We can check for multiple values in the if condition as well. Consider the following...