Appendix A. Operator Precedence and Associativity Chart

Operator Precedence

Operators are shown in decreasing order of precedence from top to bottom (Fig. A.1).

Table A.1. Operator precedence and associativity chart.

Operator	Type	Associativity
`::`	binary scope resolutions	left to right
`::`	unary scope resolution
`()`	parentheses	left to right
`[]`	array subscript
`.`	member selection via object
`->`	member selection via pointer or handle
`++`	unary postfix increment
`--`	unary postfix decrement
`typeid`	runtime type information
`dynamic_cast` `<` type `>`	runtime type-checked cast
`static_cast<` type `>`	compile-time type-checked cast
`reinterpret_cast<` type `>`	cast for nonstandard conversions
`const_cast<` type `>`	cast away `const`-ness
`safe_cast<` type `>`	execute optimal cast type for CLR types
`++ ...`

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