Unary Plus and Negation Operators: +
and -
Syntax
+ cast-expression
- cast-expression
+
operator
The result of the unary plus operator (+
) is the value of its operand. The operand to the unary plus operator must be of an arithmetic type.
Integral promotion is performed on integral operands. The resultant type is the type to which the operand is promoted. Thus, the expression +ch
, where ch
is of type char
, results in type int
; the value is unmodified. See Standard Conversions for more information about how the promotion is done.
-
operator
The unary negation operator (-
) produces the negative of its operand. The operand to the unary negation operator must be an arithmetic type.
Integral promotion is performed on integral operands, and the resultant type is the type to which the operand is promoted. See Standard Conversions for more information about how the promotion is performed.
Microsoft Specific
Unary negation of unsigned quantities is performed by subtracting the value of the operand from 2^n, where n is the number of bits in an object of the given unsigned type.
END Microsoft Specific
See also
Expressions with Unary Operators
C++ Built-in Operators, Precedence and Associativity
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