NAME

operator – C operator precedence and order of evaluation  

DESCRIPTION

This manual page lists C operators and their precedence in evaluation.

Operator                             Associativity
() [] -> .                           left to right
! ~ ++ — + – (type) * & sizeof      right to left
* / %                                left to right
+ –                                  left to right
<< >>                                left to right
< <= > >=                            left to right
== !=                                left to right
&                                    left to right
^                                    left to right
|                                    left to right
&&                                   left to right
||                                   left to right
?:                                   right to left
= += -= *= /= %= <<= >>= &= ^= |=    right to left
,                                    left to right
 

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