Operator Precedence List

The standard C operators are listed below in order of highest precedence to lowest precedence. The associativity of the operator is also indicated.

left to right: (), [], ., ->, ++ (postfix) and -- (postfix).
right to left: ++ (prefix), -- (prefix), !, ~, sizeof, (type) (type casting), + (unary), - (unary), & (address) and * (dereference).
left to right: *, / and %.
left to right: + and -.
left to right: << and >>.
left to right: <, <=, > and >=.
left to right: == and !=.
left to right: &.
left to right: ^.
left to right: |.
left to right: &&.
left to right: ||.
right to left: ?:.
right to left: =, +=, -=, *=, /=, %=, >>=, <<=, &=, ^= and |=.
left to right: , (comma operator).

Last Modified: Tue Sep 20 14:51:02 EDT 1994