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Lesson:LanguageBasics
Variables
You'vealreadylearnedthatobjectsstoretheirstateinfields.However,theJavaprogramminglanguagealsousestheterm"variable"aswell.This
sectiondiscussesthisrelationship,plusvariablenamingrulesandconventions,basicdatatypes(primitivetypes,characterstrings,andarrays),
defaultvalues,andliterals.

Operators
ThissectiondescribestheoperatorsoftheJavaprogramminglanguage.Itpresentsthemostcommonlyusedoperatorsfirst,andtheless
commonlyusedoperatorslast.Eachdiscussionincludescodesamplesthatyoucancompileandrun.

Expressions,Statements,andBlocks
Operatorsmaybeusedinbuildingexpressions,whichcomputevaluesexpressionsarethecorecomponentsofstatementsstatementsmaybe
groupedintoblocks.Thissectiondiscussesexpressions,statements,andblocksusingexamplecodethatyou'vealreadyseen.

ControlFlowStatements
ThissectiondescribesthecontrolflowstatementssupportedbytheJavaprogramminglanguage.Itcoversthedecisionsmaking,looping,and
branchingstatementsthatenableyourprogramstoconditionallyexecuteparticularblocksofcode.

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