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<DT><A HREF="javaspec_3.html#HEADING12"><B> 2.5 </B> - Operators and Miscellaneous Separators</A><DD>
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During compilation, the characters in Java source code are reduced to a series of tokens. The Java compiler recognizes five kinds of tokens: identifiers, keywords, literals, operators, and miscellaneous separators. Comments and white space such as blanks, tabs, line feeds, and are not tokens, but they often are used to separate tokens. <P>
Java programs are written using the <