APPENDIX D
Order of Precedence of Operators from Highest to Lowest
| Description | Operator | Associate from |
| Function expr | ( ) | |
| Array expr | [ ] | |
| struct indirection | -> | left to right |
| struct member | . | |
| Increment/decrement | ++ - | |
| One's complement | ~ | |
| Unary not | ! | |
| Address | & | right to left |
| Dereference | * | |
| Cast | (data type) | |
| Unary plus/minus | + - | |
| Size in bytes | sizeof | |
| Multiplication, division, and Modulus | * / % | |
| Addition, subtraction | + - | |
| Shift left/right | << >> | left to right |
| Comparisons | < <= > >= = = != | |
| Bitwise and | & | |
| Bitwise inclusive or | | | |
| Bitwise exclusive or | ^ | |
| Logical and | && | |
| Logical or | || | |
| Conditional | ? : | right to left |
| Assignment | = %= += -+ *= /= | |
| > >= < <= &= ^= |= | ||
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