# C operator precedence

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| **piority**   | **operator**  | **description**                       | **associativity** |
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| 1             | `++`, `--`    | *postfix*/suffix increment and        | left to right     |
|               |               | decrement                             |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `()`          | function call                         |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `[]`          | array indexing/subscripting           |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `.`           | member access (struct or union)       |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `->`          | dereferencing member access           |                   |
|               |               | (struct or union)                     |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `(type){list}`| dereferencing member access           |                   |
|               |               | (struct or union)                     |                   |
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| 2             | `++`, `--`    | *prefix* increment and decrement      | right to left     |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `+`, `-`      | unary plus and minus (sign)           |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `!`, `~`      | logical and bitwise `NOT`             |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `(type)`      | type cast                             |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `*`           | dereferencing (indirection)           |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `&`           | referencing (get address of)          |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `sizeof`      | size of (builtin)                     |                   |
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|               | `_Alignof`,   | alignment requirement (C11 & C23      |                   |
|               | `alignof`     | respectively)                         |                   |
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| 3             | `*`, `/`, `%` | multiplication, division and modulo   | left to right     |
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| 4             | `+`, `-`      | addition and subtractionion           | left to right     |
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| 5             | `<<`, `>>`    | bitwise left and right shift          | left to right     |
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| 6             | `<`, `<=`,    | less than, less or equal,             | left to right     |
|               | `>`, `>=`     | greater than and greater or euqal     |                   |
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| 7             | `==`, `!=`    | equals and unequals                   | left to right     |
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| 8             | `&`           | bitwise `AND`                         | left to right     |
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| 9             | `^`           | bitwise `XOR` (exclusive or)          | left to right     |
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| 10            | `|`           | bitwise `OR` (inclusive or)           | left to right     |
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| 11            | `&&`          | logical `AND`                         | left to right     |
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| 12            | `||`          | bitwise `OR`                          | left to right     |
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| 13            | `?:`          | ternary conditional (inline if)       | right to left     |
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| 14            | `=`           | simple assignment                     | right to left     |
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|               | `+=`, `-=`    | assignment by sum and difference      |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `*=`, `/=`,   | simple assignment product, quotient   |                   |
|               | `%=`          | and remainder                         |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `<<=`, `>>=`  | assignment by bitwise left or right   |                   |
|               |               | shift                                 |                   |
|               +---------------+---------------------------------------+                   |
|               | `&=`, `^=`,   | assignment by bitwise `AND`, `XOR`    |                   |
|               | `|=`          | and `OR`                              |                   |
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| 15            | `,`           | comma to separate entries in a list   | left to right     |
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