Can we add two byte variables and assign the result to a byte variable ? b=b1

Can we add two byte variables and assign the result to a
byte variable ?
b=b1+b2 where b,b1,b2 are byte types

Question Posted / hari kumar

4 Answers
22924 Views
TCS, I also Faced
E-Mail Answers

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback

Can we add two byte variables and assign the result to a byte variable ? b=b1+b2 where b,b1,b2 ..

Answer / rajesh

Yes,the following is the right way to do so
byte b1=21;byte b2=11;
byte b;
b=(byte)(b1+b2);

Is This Answer Correct ?

39 Yes

5 No

Can we add two byte variables and assign the result to a byte variable ? b=b1+b2 where b,b1,b2 ..

Answer / m. abhishek

yes, but u require type casting because the the binary
operation in java should atleast returns Integer values

example :
byte a=12;
byte b=23;
// byte c=a+b; //Not OK,bcoz a+b is an int value
int c=(byte)a+b; // OK

Is This Answer Correct ?

34 Yes

7 No

Can we add two byte variables and assign the result to a byte variable ? b=b1+b2 where b,b1,b2 ..

Answer / ashish ranjan

No We cannot add two byte variables directly. The reason behind is the operator '+' is used to perform integer operation. so the variables are automatically promoted to the integer when we perform any arithmetic operation.

so we need to typecast the variables

b= (byte)(b1 + b2);

Is This Answer Correct ?

15 Yes

2 No

Can we add two byte variables and assign the result to a byte variable ? b=b1+b2 where b,b1,b2 ..

Answer / guest

yes.But you have to cast that variable before adding.

eg:
byte b=(byte)b1+(byte)b2

Is This Answer Correct ?

7 Yes

35 No

Post New Answer