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Lecture 4: Basic C Operators: in This Chapter, You Will Learn About

This document discusses different types of operators in C including arithmetic, unary, binary, assignment, equality/relational, logical, and conditional operators. It provides examples of how each operator is used and explains precedence rules that determine order of operations when multiple operators are used in an expression. Pre-increment and post-increment operators are also covered, noting how they affect statement results.

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Lecture 4: Basic C Operators: in This Chapter, You Will Learn About

This document discusses different types of operators in C including arithmetic, unary, binary, assignment, equality/relational, logical, and conditional operators. It provides examples of how each operator is used and explains precedence rules that determine order of operations when multiple operators are used in an expression. Pre-increment and post-increment operators are also covered, noting how they affect statement results.

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Lecture 4: Basic C Operators

In this chapter, you will learn about:


Arithmetic operators
Unary operators
Binary operators

Assignment operators
Equalities and relational operators
Logical operators
Conditional operator

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Arithmetic Operators I
In C, we have the following operators (note
that all these example are using 9 as the
value of its first operand)

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Arithmetic Operators II
There are 2 types of arithmetic operators
in C:
unary operators
operators that require only one operand.

binary operators.
operators that require two operands.

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Unary Operator
C Operation
Positive
Negative
Increment
Decrement

Operator
+
++
--

Example
a = +3
b = -a
i++
i--

The first assigns positive 3 to a


The second assigns the negative value of a to b.
i++ is equivalent to i = i + 1
i-- is equivalent to i = i-1
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PRE- / POST-Increment
It is also possible to use ++i and --i instead of
i++ and i-However, the two forms have a slightly yet
important difference.
Consider this example:
int a = 9;
printf(%d\n, a++);
printf(%d, a);
The output would be:
9
10
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PRE- / POST-Increment cont


But if we have:
int a = 9;
printf(%d\n, ++a);
printf(%d, a);
The output would be:
10
10
a++ would return the current value of a and
then increment the value of a
++a on the other hand increment the value of
a before returning the value
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The following table illustrates the difference between the prefix and
postfix modes of the increment and decrement operator.

int R = 10,
count=10;

++ Or -Statement
R = count++;

Equivalent
Statements
R = count;
count = count + 1

R value

Count
value

10

11

R = ++count;

count = count + 1;
R = count;

11

11

R = count --;

R = count;
count = count 1;

10

R = --count;

Count = count 1;
R = count;

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Binary Operators
C Operation
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Modulus

Operator
+
*
/
%

Example:
a+3
a-6
a*b
a/c
a%x

The division of variables of type int will always


produce a variable of type int as the result.
You could only use modulus (%) operation
on int variables.
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Assignment Operators
Assignment operators are used to combine the
'=' operator with one of the binary arithmetic
operators
In the following slide, All operations starting from
c=9
Operator

Example

Equivalent
Statement

Results

+=
-=

c += 7
c -= 8

c=c+7
c=c8

c = 16
c=1

*=
/=
%=

c *= 10
c /= 5
c %= 5

c = c * 10
c=c/5
c=c%5

c = 90
c=1
c=4

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Precedence Rules
Precedence rules come into play when there is a mixed
of arithmetic operators in one statement. For example:
x = 3 * a - ++b%3;
The rules specify which of the operators will be
evaluated first.
Precedence
Level
1 (highest)
2
3
4
5 (lowest)
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Operator
()
unary
* / %
+ = += -= *= /= %=

Associativity
left to right
right to left
left to right
left to right
right to left
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Precedence Rules cont


For example: x = 3 * a - ++b % 3;
how would this statement be evaluated?

If we intend to have the statement evaluated


differently from the way specified by the
precedence rules, we need to specify it using
parentheses ( )
Using parenthesis, we will have
x = 3 * ((a - ++b)%3);
The expression inside a parentheses will be
evaluated first.
The inner parentheses will be evaluated
earlier compared to the outer parentheses.
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Equality and Relational


Operators
Equality Operators:
Operator
==
!=

Example
x == y
x != y

Meaning
x is equal to y
x is not equal to y

Relational Operators:
Operator
>
<
>=
<=

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Example
x>y
x<y
x >= y
x <= y

Meaning
x is greater than y
x is less than y
x is greater than or equal to y
x is less than or equal to y

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Logical Operators
Logical operators are useful when we want to test
multiple conditions.
There are 3 types of logical operators and they
work the same way as the boolean AND, OR and
NOT operators.
&& - Logical AND
All the conditions must be true for the whole
expression to be true.
Example: if (a == 10 && b == 9 && d == 1)
means the if statement is only true when a ==
10 and b == 9 and d == 1.
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Logical Operators cont


|| - Logical OR
The truth of one condition is enough to make
the whole expression true.
Example: if (a == 10 || b == 9 || d == 1)
means the if statement is true when either
one of a, b or d has the right value.

! - Logical NOT (also called logical negation)


Reverse the meaning of a condition
Example: if (!(points > 90))
means if points not bigger than 90.
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Conditional Operator
The conditional operator (?:) is used to
simplify an if/else statement.
Syntax:
Condition ? Expression1 : Expression2

The statement above is equivalent to:


if (Condition)
Expression1
else
Expression2
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Conditional Operator cont


Example 1:
if/else statement:
if (total > 60)
grade = P
else
grade = F;
conditional statement:
total > 60 ? grade = P: grade = F;
OR
grade = total > 60 ? P: F;
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Conditional Operator cont


Example 2:
if/else statement:
if (total > 60)
printf(Passed!!\n);
else
printf(Failed!!\n);
Conditional Statement:
printf(%s!!\n, total > 60? Passed: Failed);
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SUMMARY
This chapter exposed you the operators used
in C
Arithmetic operators
Assignment operators
Equalities and relational operators
Logical operators
Conditional operator

Precedence levels come into play when there


is a mixed of arithmetic operators in one
statement.
Pre/post fix - effects the result of statement
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