Logical operators are used to combine multiple conditions.

They work only with boolean expressions and return either true or false.

These operators are commonly used in decision making statements like if, while and for.

Logical Operators Table

Operator	Name	Description	Example	Result
&&	Logical AND	Returns true if both conditions are true	true && true	true
&&	Logical AND	Returns false if any condition is false	true && false	false
\|\|	Logical OR	Returns true if at least one is true	true \|\| false	true
\|\|	Logical OR	Returns false if both are false	false \|\| false	false
!	Logical NOT	Reverses boolean value	!true	false
!	Logical NOT	Reverses boolean value	!false	true

1 Logical AND Operator &&

Returns true only when both conditions are true.

Returns true if at least one condition is true.

Reverses the boolean value.

Original Value	Result After !
true	false
false	true

Multiple logical operators can be used in one condition.

Java uses short circuit evaluation.

For AND operator If first condition is false second condition will not execute.

For OR operator If first condition is true second condition will not execute.

Output Value of a: 5

Second condition did not execute because first condition was false.

Caution

Logical operators work only with boolean expressions. Do not use numeric values directly like 1 or 0.