C operators

# C Operators/Expressions

Operators are used with operands to build expressions. For example the following is an expression containing two operands and one oprator.

            4 + 5

The following list of operators is probably not complete but does highlight the common operators and a few of the outrageous ones....

C contains the following operator groups.

- Arithmetic
- Assignment
- Logical/relational
- Bitwise
- Odds and ends!

- Operator precedence table.

The order (precedence) that operators are evaluated can be seen here.

## Arithmetic

            +
            -
            /
            *
            %       modulo
            --      Decrement (post and pre)
            ++      Increment (post and pre)

## Assignment

These all perform an arithmetic operation on the lvalue and assign the result to the lvalue. So what does this mean in English? Here is an example:

       counter = counter + 1;

can be reduced to

       counter += 1;

Here is the full set.

            =
            *=      Multiply
            /=      Divide.
            %=      Modulus.
            +=      add.
            -=      Subtract.
            <<=     left shift.
            >>=     Right shift.
            &=      Bitwise AND.
            ^=      bitwise exclusive OR (XOR).
            |=      bitwise inclusive OR.

## Logical/Relational

            ==      Equal to
            !=      Not equal to
            >
            <
            >=
            <=
            &&      Logical AND
            ||      Logical OR
            !       Logical NOT

## Bitwise

            &       AND (Binary operator)
            |       inclusive OR
            ^       exclusive OR
            <<      shift left. C ++ use of <<

            >>      shift right. C ++ use of >>
            ~       one's complement

## Odds and ends!

            sizeof() size of objects and data types.
                     strlen may also be of interest.
            &       Address of (Unary operator)
            *       pointer (Unary operator)
            ?       Conditional expressions
            :       Conditional expressions
            ,       Series operator.

## C++ Extensions

Read about :: >> and << in the world of C++ here!

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