C++ Operator Precedence

Level Operator(s) Description Associativity

17

:: global scope (unary)

right-to-left

17

:: class scope (binary)

left-to-right

16

-> . member selectors

left-to-right

16

[ ] array index

left-to-right

16

( ) function call

left-to-right

16

( ) type construction

left-to-right

16

sizeof size in bytes

left-to-right

15

++ -- increment, decrement

right-to-left

15

~ bitwise NOT

right-to-left

15

! logical NOT

right-to-left

15

+ - unary plus, minus

right-to-left

15

* & dereference, address-of

right-to-left

15

( ) cast

right-to-left

15

new delete free store management

right-to-left

14

->* .* member pointer selectors

left-to-right

13

* / % multiplicative operators

left-to-right

12

+ - arithmetic operators

left-to-right

11

<< >> bitwise shift

left-to-right

10

< <= > >= relational operators

left-to-right

9

== != equality, inequality

left-to-right

8

& bitwise AND

left-to-right

7

^ bitwise exclusive OR

left-to-right

6

| bitwise inclusive OR

left-to-right

5

&& logical AND

left-to-right

4

|| logical OR

left-to-right

3

? : arithmetic if

left-to-right

2

= *= /* %= += -=
<<= >>= &= |= ^=
assignment operators

right-to-left

1

, comma operator

left-to-right

Updated: 06/14/2018 11:44AM