C Operators

List of C operators with their symbol, syntax and precedence.

Table of C Operators

Symbol	Syntax	Name	Precedence
[]	[x]	brackets	1
()	(x)	parenthesis	1
->	p->member	structure member (from pointer)	1
.	x.member	structure member	1
++	++x	prefix increment	2
--	--x	prefix decrement	2
++	x++	postfix increment	2
--	x--	postfix decrement	2
&	&x	variable address	2
*	*p	pointer indirection	2
sizeof()	sizeof(x)	size of variable in bytes	2
(type)	(type)x	type cast	2
~	~x	bitwise NOT	2
!	!x	logical NOT	2
+	+x	unary plus	2
-	-x	unary minus	2
*	x*y	multiplication	3
/	x/y	division	3
%	x%y	modulus (integer)	3
+	x+y	addition	4
-	x-y	subtraction	4
<<	x<<y	left shift	5
>>	x>>y	right shift	5
>	x>y	greater than	6
>=	x>=y	greater than or equal	6
<	x<y	smaller than	6
<=	x<=y	smaller than or equal	6
==	x==y	comparison - equal to	7
!=	x!=y	comparison - not equal to	7
&	x&y	bitwise AND	8
^	x^y	bitwise XOR	9
|	x|y	bitwise  OR	10
&&	x&&y	logical AND	11
||	x||y	logical OR	12
?:	C ? T : F	Conditional expression	13
=	x=y	assignment operator	14
+=	x+=y	addition and assignment	14
-=	x-=y	subtraction and assignment	14
*=	x*=y	multiplication and assignment	14
/=	x/=y	division and assignment	14
%=	x%=y	modulus  and assignment	14
&=	x&=y	bitwise AND and assignment	14
|=	x|=y	bitwise OR and assignment	14
^=	x^=y	bitwise XOR and assignment	14
>>=	x>>=y	right shift and assignment	14
<<=	x<<=y	left shift and assignment	14
,	x,y	Comma - expressions separator	15

 

Syntax:        x,y denotes a variable or expression.

                  p denotes a pointer.

Precedence: 1 is the highest.