C++ Operator Precedence

C++ Operator Precedence

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1. ::
2. a++   a--   a()   a[]   a.   a->
3. ++a   --a   +a   -a   !a   ~a   *a   &a   sizeof   new   delete
4. .*   ->*
5. a*b   a/b   a%b
6. a+b   a-b
7. a >> 1   a << 1
8. <=> (Three-way comparision)
9. <   <=   >   >=
10. ==   !=
11. a & b
12. a ^ b
13. a | b
14. a && b
15. a || b
16. a ? b : c   throw   =   +=   -=   *=   /=   %=   <<=   >>=   &=   ^=   |=

Common Mistakes

Typos	Fixes
if (a & b == 0)	=> if ((a & b) == 0)
if (a >> 2 + b > c)	=> if ((a >> 2) + b > c)
*a.size()	=> (*a).size()

C Pointers Declarations

Function call (e.g. f()) and array (e.g. a[]) has equal precedence, and both of them have higher precedence than reference (e.g. &a) and dereference (e.g. *a) operator.

See line 2 and line 5 below.

Declaration	Meaning
int *p	a pointer to int
int *p[13]	an array[13] of pointer to int
int *(p[13])	an array[13] of pointer to int
int **p	a pointer to a pointer to an int
int (*p)[13]	a pointer to an array[13] of int
int *f()	a function returning a pointer to int
int (*f)()	a pointer to a function returning int
int (*(*f())[13])()	a function returning ptr to an array[13] of pointers to functions returning int
int (*(*x[3])())[5]	an array[3] of pointers to functions returning pointers to array[5] of ints