THINK++ — Engineering Visualized

Evaluation Order

Operator Precedence

Precedence determines which operator is evaluated first. Higher precedence (lower number) operators are evaluated before lower ones.

()[]->.

Left→Right

++--!~sizeof

Right→Left

*/%

Left→Right

+-

Left→Right

<<>>

Left→Right

<<=>>=

Left→Right

==!=

Left→Right

&^|

Left→Right

&&||

Left→Right

?:

Right→Left

=+=-=*=

Right→Left

GOLDEN RULE

When in doubt, use parentheses (). They override all precedence rules and make your intent explicit.

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