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    Java Logical Operators: Examples and Usage

    Java Logical Operators: Examples and Usage

    The following program is simple examples which demonstrate the Logical operators. Copy and paste the following Java program in LogicalOperators.java file, and compile and run this program

    Logical AND Operator

    public class LogicalANDoperator {
    
       public static void main(String args[]) {
          boolean p = false;
          boolean q = true;
    
          System.out.println("p && q = " + (p&&q)); 
    
       }
    }

    Output

    p && q = false
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    Logical OR Operator

    public class LogicalOROperators {
    
       public static void main(String args[]) {
          boolean p = false;
          boolean q = true;
    
          System.out.println("p || q = " + (p||q));
    
       }
    }

    Output

    p || q = true
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    Logical NOT Operator

    public class LogicalONOTperators {
    
       public static void main(String args[]) {
          boolean p = false;
          boolean q = true;
    
          System.out.println("!(p && q) = " + !(p && q));
    
       }
    }

    Output

    !(p && q) = true
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    Logical Operator all in all

    public class LogicalOperators {
    
       public static void main(String args[]) {
          boolean p = true;
          boolean q = false;
    
          System.out.println("p && q = " + (p&&q));
          System.out.println("p || q = " + (p||q) );
          System.out.println("!(p && q) = " + !(p && q));
       }
    }

    Output

    p && q = false
    p || q = true
    !(p && q) = true
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    What are the differences between bitwise and logical AND operators

     Issues

     Bitwise AND  Logical AND

     Operator Symbol  A Bitwise And operator is represented as ‘&’  logical operator is represented as ‘&&’
     Operator Scope  The bitwise and operator ‘&’ work on Integral (short, int, unsigned, char, bool, unsigned char, long) values and return integral value. Example  The logical and operator ‘&&’ expects its operands to be boolean expressions (either 1 or 0) and returns a boolean value. Error if   Solution
     The problem in Operator  If an integer value is used as an operand for ‘&&’ which is supposed to work. Example   If an integer value is used as an operand for ‘&&’ which is supposed to not work Example
     Operands behaviour  The bitwise ‘&’ and ‘|’ operators always evaluate their operands.  The '&&' operator doesn’t evaluate the second operand if the first operand becomes false. Similarly '||' doesn’t evaluate the second operand when the first operand becomes true. supposed to not work Example 1   Example 2

    Example

    public class LogicalANDproblem {
    
       public static void main(String args[]) {
       int x = 2;
       int y = 3;
       int c = x&y ;
       System.out.println(c);
    
       }
    }

    Output

    2
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    Example Error

    public class LogicalOperator {
    
       public static void main(String args[]) {
       int x = 5;
       int y = 3;
       int c = x&&y ;
       System.out.println(c);
    
       }
    }

    Output

    LogicalANDproblem.java:6: error: bad operand types for binary operator '&&'
       int c = x&&y ;
                ^
      first type:  int
      second type: int
    1 error

    Solution to this problem

    public class LogicalANDsolution {
    
       public static void main(String args[]) {
       boolean x = true;
       boolean y = false;
       boolean c = x&&y ;
       System.out.println(c);
    
       }
    }

    Output

    false
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    Example

    public class BitwiseAND {
    
       public static void main(String args[]) {
       int x = 6;
       int y = 5;
       int c = x&y ;
       System.out.println(c);
    
       }
    }

    Output

    4
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    Example 1

    class OperatorExample{
     public static void main(String args[]){
     int x=11;
     int y=6;
     int c=22;
     System.out.println(x

    Output

    false
    false
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    Example 2

    class OperatorExample{
     public static void main(String args[]){
     int x=11;
     int y=6;
     int c=22;
     System.out.println(x

    Output

    false
    11
    false
    12
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