Oct 4, 2018 · The if statement will evaluate whatever code you put in it that returns a boolean value, and if the evaluation returns true, you enter the first block. Else (if the value is not true, it will be false, …

Oct 25, 2010 · A Java conditional requires a boolean value. If you can put it into an if statement, it's already a boolean, and requires no further fiddling if what you want is a boolean.

Apr 26, 2012 · Major languages (C#, Java, PHP) consider it a conditional operator, and call it the ?: operator. Occasionally (JavaScript) it is called the conditional operator.

So the statement " a equals 5 or a equals 7" is true. The || operator can only be used, in Java, where a boolean (true or false) expression is expected, such as in an if statement like the above.

Apr 14, 2016 · I assumed that since I declared the boolean outside the if statement I would be able to use it inside, but that doesn't seem to be the case. The real question is how can I use a randomly …

Oct 25, 2010 · @Piskvor - not in Java! 2 & 4 results in an integer, not a boolean (zero in this case). 2 && 4 will not compile, && only accept booleans. Java does not allow mixing booleans and ints: zero is …

I know there is a way for writing a Java if statement in short form.

Java has 5 different boolean compare operators: &, &&, |, ||, ^ & and && are "and" operators, | and || "or" operators, ^ is "xor" The single ones will check every parameter, regardless of the values, before …

Oct 14, 2013 · In Java switch works only with integer literals and those which could be possibly promoted to integer literals such as char. Moreover in Java boolean type has only two values either …

Jan 5, 2017 · I need help on how to return a boolean method in java. This is the sample code: