Operator Priority : C Language

Operator	Description	Associativity
( ) [ ] . -> ++ --	Parentheses (function call) Brackets (array subscript) Member selection in structure Member selection of structure  via pointer Postfix increment/decrement	left-to-right
++ -- + - ! ~ (type) * & sizeof	Prefix increment/decrement Unary plus/minus Logical negation/bitwise complement Cast (convert value to temporary value of type) Access Data via Pointer Address (of operand) Determine size in bytes on this implementation	right-to-left
*  /  %	Multiplication/division/modulus	left-to-right
+  -	Addition/subtraction	left-to-right
<<  >>	Bitwise shift left, Bitwise shift right	left-to-right
<  <= >  >=	Relational less than/less than or equal to Relational greater than/greater than or equal to	left-to-right
==  !=	Relational is equal to/is not equal to	left-to-right
&	Bitwise AND	left-to-right
^	Bitwise exclusive OR	left-to-right
|	Bitwise inclusive OR	left-to-right
&&	Logical AND	left-to-right
| |	Logical OR	left-to-right
? :	Ternary conditional	right-to-left
= +=  -= *=  /= %=  &= ^=  |= <<=  >>=	Assignment Addition/subtraction assignment Multiplication/division assignment Modulus/bitwise AND assignment Bitwise exclusive/inclusive OR assignment Bitwise shift left/right assignment	right-to-left
,	Comma (separate expressions)	left-to-right

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