Appendix B. C Operators
C is rich in operators. Table B.1 lists the C operators in order of decreasing precedence and indicates how they associate. All operators are binary (two operands) unless otherwise indicated. Note that some binary and unary operators, such as * (multiplication) and * (indirection), share the same symbol but have different precedence. Following the table are summaries of each operator.
Operators (from high to low precedence) | Associativity |
---|---|
++ (postfix) -- (postfix) ( ) [ ] . -> | L-R |
++ (prefix) -- (prefix) - + ~ ! | |
sizeof * (dereference) & (address) | |
(type) (all unary) | R-L |
* / % | L-R |
+ - (both binary) | L-R |
≪ >> | L-R |
< > <= >= | L-R |
== != | L-R |
& | L-R |
^ | L-R |
| | L-R |
&& | L-R |
|| | L-R |
? : (conditional expression) | R-L |
= *= /= %= += -= ≪= >>= &= ... |
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