what does it mean??java

[digitalMaster]

count+=q;

what is that?

maybe               count = count + q         ????

[Willson94]

correct

it's a compound operator 

[technovore]

yes and the same goes for *=  /=  -=   and in PHP .=

[fizzlesticks]

yes and the same goes for *=  /=  -=   and in PHP .=

and |= &= and ^=

[Nallown]

x += y essentially means x = x+y

[zahlio]

x += y essentially means x = x+y

 

Yep, and x++; = x + 1;

Read more here: http://java.about.com/b/2009/05/23/java-term-of-the-week-compound-assignment-operator.htm