Java Tutorials

• boolean literals
• char literals
• Floating-point literals
• String literals

Literals

• A literal is a vlue that can be assigned to a primitive or string variable, or passed as an argument to a method call.

boolean literals

• true
• false
• boolean isTrue = true;

char literals

• ' \n' - newline
• ' \r' - return
• ' \t' - tab

Floating-point literals

• Expresses a floating-point numerical value.
• 3.1438 - a decimal point
• 4.33E+11 - E or e; scientific notation
• 1.282F - F or f; 32-bit float
• 1355D - D or d; 64-bit double

String literals

• A sequence of text enclosed in double quotes.
• String fourScore = "Four score and seven years ago";