{"id":16399,"date":"2024-03-15T12:53:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-order-of-precedence-for-c-operators\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T02:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T02:38:24","slug":"what-is-the-order-of-precedence-for-c-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-order-of-precedence-for-c-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the order of precedence for C++ operators?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The priority order of C++ operators is as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Unary operators (such as increment, decrement, negation, etc.)<\/li>\n
  2. Multiplication, division, and modulus operators.<\/li>\n
  3. Addition and subtraction operators.<\/li>\n
  4. Bitwise operators, such as bit left shift and bit right shift.<\/li>\n
  5. Relational operators (such as greater than, less than, equal to, etc.)<\/li>\n
  6. Bitwise operators such as bitwise AND, bitwise OR.<\/li>\n
  7. Logical operators (such as logical AND, logical OR)<\/li>\n
  8. Ternary operator (Conditional operator)<\/li>\n
  9. Assignment operator<\/li>\n
  10. comma operator<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is important to note that parentheses can be used in an expression to change the order of operations. The expression within the parentheses will be calculated first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The priority order of C++ operators is as follows: Unary operators (such as increment, decrement, negation, etc.) Multiplication, division, and modulus operators. Addition and subtraction operators. Bitwise operators, such as bit left shift and bit right shift. 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