C – Operator Precedence
Precedence Operator Description Associativity
++ -- Suffix/postfix increment and decrement Left-to-right
() Function call
[] Array subscripting
1 . Structure and union member access
-> Structure and union member access through pointer
(type){list} Compound literal(C99)
++ -- Prefix increment and decrement Right-to-left
+- Unary plus and minus
!~ Logical NOT and bitwise NOT
(type) Type cast
2
* Indirection (dereference)
& Address-of
sizeof Size-of
_Alignof Alignment requirement(C11)
3 */% Multiplication, division, and remainder Left-to-right
4 +- Addition and subtraction
5 << >> Bitwise left shift and right shift
< <= For relational operators < and ≤ respectively
6
> >= For relational operators > and ≥ respectively
7 == != For relational = and ≠ respectively
8 & Bitwise AND
9 ^ Bitwise XOR (exclusive or)
10 | Bitwise OR (inclusive or)
11 && Logical AND
12 || Logical OR
13 ?: Ternary conditional Right-to-Left
= Simple assignment
+= -= Assignment by sum and difference
14 *= /= %= Assignment by product, quotient, and remainder
<<= >>= Assignment by bitwise left shift and right shift
&= ^= |= Assignment by bitwise AND, XOR, and OR
15 , Comma Left-to-right
