Appendix B. Operator Precedence Charts
Operators are shown in decreasing order of precedence from top to bottom (Figs. B.1–B.2).
Table B.1. C operator precedence chart.
C Operator | Type | Associativity |
|---|---|---|
| parentheses (function call operator) | left to right |
| array subscript | |
| member selection via object | |
| member selection via pointer | |
| unary postincrement | |
| unary postdecrement | |
| unary preincrement | right to left |
| unary predecrement | |
| unary plus | |
| unary minus | |
| unary logical negation | |
| unary bitwise complement | |
| C-style unary cast | |
| dereference | |
| address | |
| determine size in bytes | |
| multiplication | left to right |
| division | |
| modulus | |
| addition | left to right |
| subtraction | |
| bitwise left shift | left to right |
| bitwise right shift | |
| relational less than | left to right |
| relational ... |
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