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For this post, we will go over various topics such as comments, assignment operators, and arithmetic operators. As always, open up a repl and code along with this post. You learn more by doing it yourself, and you will build muscle memory. Log all of these operations to the console in your repl and use comments to reinforce what you are doing.
Comments
Comments are fairly easy to understand. There are two types of comments in JavaScript. The first is a single-line comment. The second is a multi-line comment. Here are some examples:
// This is a single-line comment.
/*
This is a multi-line comment.
Everything inside of this comment
will not be run. You can also
use comments for not only notes,
but you can comment out a block of
code that you want to leave out but
not delete
*/
Assignment Operators
There are several different types of operators in JavaScript:
Assignment operators assign a value to a variable. You learned about this in previous lessons.
const currentLesson = 4; //assignment operator
Arithmetic Operators
- Addition
The addition operator is used for adding numbers, adding booleans, adding variables, and for combining strings together.
2 + 2;
// expected result: 4
2 + true;
// expected result: 3
'I am a ' + 'Developer';
/*
expected result: "I am a Developer"
Notice that there had to be a space
added at the end of the first string
*/
2001 + ' is my graduation year';
// expected result: "2001 is my graduation year"
- Multiplication
The multiplication operator multiplies numbers or numbers stored in variables. Here is an example:
//multiplying numbers
5 * 3; //equals 15
//multiplying variables
const number1 = 5;
const number2 = 3;
const number3 = number1 * number2; // equals 15
- Other operators that can be used to do arithmetic the same way are:
5 - 5; //subtraction
3 ** 4; /*
exponentiation
expected output is 81
same as 3 to the 4th power
*/
1 / 2; //division
12 % 5; /*modulus
returns the remainder
after division
*/
++; // increment (increases a number by 1)
--; // decrement (decreases a number by 1)
I hope you have enjoyed this post! Please check out the entire "JavaScript Made Easy" series by David Tetreau. There will be a new post daily.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by David Tetreau
David Tetreau | Sciencx (2021-04-29T16:53:43+00:00) JavaScript Made Easy: Part 4. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2021/04/29/javascript-made-easy-part-4/
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