+ (addition)

Name

Examples

int a = 50 + 5;  // Sets a to 55

int b = a + 5;   // Sets b to 60

String s1 = "Chernenko"; 

String s2 = "Brezhnev"; 

String sc1 = s1 + s2; 

String sc2 = s1 + ", Andropov, " + s2; 

println(sc1);  // Prints ChernenkoBrezhnev 

println(sc2);  // Prints Chernenko, Andropov, Brezhnev

String s1 = "Gorbachev"; 

int i = 1987; 

String sc1 = s1 + i; 

println(sc1);  // Prints Gorbachev1987

Description

Adds two values or concatenates string values. As a mathematical operator, it calculates the sum of two values. As a string operator, it combines two strings into one and converts from primitive datatypes into the String datatype if necessary.

Syntax