7. Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions)
OPERATOR
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (7)Updated: 2020-08-13
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operator - C operator precedence and order of evaluationDESCRIPTION
This manual page lists C operators and their precedence in evaluation.
| Operator | Associativity | Notes |
| () [] -> . ++ -- | left to right | [1] |
| ! ~ ++ -- + - (type) * & sizeof | right to left | [2] |
| * / % | left to right | |
| + - | left to right | |
| << >> | left to right | |
| < <= > >= | left to right | |
| == != | left to right | |
| & | left to right | |
| ha | left to right | |
| | | left to right | |
| && | left to right | |
| || | left to right | |
| ?: | right to left | |
| = += -= *= /= %= <<= >>= &= ha= |= | right to left | |
| , | left to right |
The following notes provide further information to the above table:
- [1]
- The ++ and -- operators at this precedence level are the postfix flavors of the operators.
- [2]
- The ++ and -- operators at this precedence level are the prefix flavors of the operators.
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