Shorthand Operator in Java

Some unique Compound Assignment Operators commonly referred to as Shorthand Assignment Operators are provided by Java. Because it offers a quick way to appoint an expression to a variable, it is known as shorthand.

The above operator can be used to link the assignment operator and the algebraic operator.

You might, for instance, write:

a = a-7;

The aforementioned sentence can also be expressed in Java as follows:

a -= 7;

Java uses a variety of compound assignment operators, including:

Operator	Description
+=	First performs addition and then assigns
-=	First performs subtraction and then assigns
*=	First performs multiplication and then assigns
%=	First performs modulo and then assigns
/=	First performs division and then assigns
<<=	Left Shift in Binary and assigns
>>=	Right Shift in Binary and assigns
>>>=	Shift right and assigns zeros
&=	Binary AND assigns
^=	Binary assignment and exclusive OR
\|=	Binary assignment and inclusive OR

Example:

ShorthandoperatorExpl.java

public class ShorthandoperatorExpl {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
// Simple assigning to a variable
  byte by = 34;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
  // Incrementation is done first and then assigns
  by += 1;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
  // Decremention is done first and  then assigns
  by -= 3;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
  // Multiplies first and then assigned
  by *= 1;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
  // Division is done first and then assigned
  by /= 3;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
  // Modulus is performed first then assigned
  by %= 4;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
  // Binary Left Shift first and then assigns
  by <<= 2;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);

  // Binary Right Shift first and then assigns
  by >>= 3;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
  // Shift right zero fill first and then assigns
  by >>>= 1;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
  // Binary AND is performed and then assigning
  by &= 6;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
  //Binary exclusive OR is performed and then assigning
  by ^= 4;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
  
// Binary inclusive OR is performed and then assigning
  by |= 7;
  System.out.println(" by: " + by);
 }
}

Output: