C/C++ Operators

The following table lists C and C++ operators by category. Click any operator shown for more information on it.

Scope Resolution:	Multiplicative:	Logical:
Scope resolution:  ::	Multiplication:  *	Logical-AND:  &&
Postfix:	Division:  /	Logical-OR:  ||
Array element:  [ ]	Modulus:  %	Assignment:
Function call:  ( )	Additive:	Assignment:  =
Type cast:  (type)	Addition:  +	Addition:  +=
Member selection:  . or –>	Subtraction:  –	Subtraction:  –=
Postfix increment:  ++	Shift:	Multiplication:  *=
Postfix decrement:  ––	Left shift:  <<	Division:  /=
Unary:	Right shift:  >>	Modulus:  %=
Indirection:  *	Relational & Equality:	Left shift assignment:  <<=
Address of:  &	Less than:  <	Right shift assignment:  >>=
Logical-NOT:  !	Less than or equal to:  <=	Bitwise-AND:  &=
One's complement:  ~	Greater than:  >	Bitwise-exclusive-OR:  ^=
Prefix increment:  ++	Greater than or equal to:  >=	Bitwise-inclusive-OR:  |=
Prefix decrement:  ––	Equal:  ==	Conditional:
sizeof	Not equal:  !=	Conditional:  ? :
new	Bitwise:	Pointer to Member:
delete	Bitwise-AND:  &	Pointer to member:  .* or –>
Comma:	Bitwise-exclusive-OR:  ^	Reference:
Comma:  ,	Bitwise-inclusive-OR:  |	Reference:  &