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Why Can't Characters Be Converted to Operators at Runtime?

junho joJul 26 2024

While learning Java, I wondered if there was a way to take an operator as a character input and use it directly in calculations.

I realized that without using if or switch statements, there is no way to treat the character itself as an operator. I'm curious if anyone knows the reasons behind this limitation.

I wanted to use char ch = '+' and have the + character act as the addition operator

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