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| .TH OPERATOR 7 2020-08-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| operator \- C operator precedence and order of evaluation |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This manual page lists C operators and their precedence in evaluation. |
| .PP |
| .TS |
| lb lb lb |
| l l l. |
| Operator Associativity Notes |
| () [] \-> . ++ \-\- left to right [1] |
| ! \(ti ++ \-\- + \- (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 |
| .TE |
| .PP |
| The following notes provide further information to the above table: |
| .PP |
| .PD 0 |
| .IP [1] 4 |
| The ++ and \-\- operators at this precedence level are |
| the postfix flavors of the operators. |
| .IP [2] |
| The ++ and \-\- operators at this precedence level are |
| the prefix flavors of the operators. |
| .PD |