Chapter 8. Expressions and Operators
Expressions
This chapter defines expressions and describes the operators provided by C#. It also explains how you can define the C# operators to work with your user-defined classes.
An expression is a string of operators and operands. Some of the constructs that can act as operands are
Literals
Constants
Variables
Method calls
Element accessors, such as array accessors and indexers
Other expressions
The C# operators take one, two, or three operands. An operator
Takes its operands as input
Performs an action
Returns a value, based on the action
Expressions can be combined, using operators, to create other expressions, as shown in this expression, with three operators and four operands:
Evaluating an expression is the process ...
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