Basic Java Language: Difference between revisions

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 === Addition Operator '+' ===
-The addition operator is different from the = operator. It does not set anything. You would need the = operator to do any setting.
+The addition operator is different from the = operator in respect to the fact that it does not set anything. The addition operator returns the sum of the two values next to it.
-If you want to you want to use the addition operator to add 6 to the value of ''a'', it would be used like this:
+If you want to you want to use the addition operator to add 6 to the value of ''a'' and store that value back into ''a'', the following statement would be used:
 <pre>a = a + 6;</pre>
-Or you can use a shortcut in order to reach the same result as the above.
+You could also use the plus-equals operator to achieve the same result:
 <pre>a += 6;</pre>
-There are shortcuts to all of the operators, which will be shown in the following sections.
 === Subtraction '-', Division '/' and Multiplication '*' Operators ===