java equivalent of Delphi NOT

Question

In Delphi I can do the following with a boolean variable:

If NOT bValue then
begin
  //do some stuff
end;

Does the equivalent in Java use the !?

If !(bValue) {
  //do some stuff
}

Answer 1

You're close; the proper syntax is:

if (!bValue) {
  //do some stuff
}

The entire conditional expression must be inside the parenthesis; the condition in this case involve the unary logical complement operator ! (JLS 15.15.6).

Additionally, Java also has the following logical binary operators:

• JLS 15.22.2 Boolean Logical Operators &, ^ and |
  • casually "and", "xor" and "or"
• JLS 15.23 Conditional-and && and JLS 15.24 Conditional-or ||
  • the much more frequently used short-circuiting "and" and "or"

There are also compound assignment operators (JLS 15.26.2) &=, |=, ^=.

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  • You never need to write == true and == false
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Answer 2

Yes, but inside the bracket:

if (!bValue) {
}

You'd normally not use any sort of data type prefix in Java as well, so it would more likely be something like:

if (!isGreen) { // or some other meaningful variable name
}

Answer 3

if (!bValue) {
    // do some stuff
}