Operators Compared in Different Languages
This topic lists the operators for Visual Basic, Visual J#, Visual C++, Visual C#, JScript, and Visual FoxPro.
| For details about operators in this language | See |
|---|---|
| Visual Basic | Operators Keyword Summary |
| C++ | C++ Operators |
| C# | C# Operators |
| JScript | JScript Operators |
| Visual Basic | Visual J# | C++ | C# NEW | JScript | Visual FoxPro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additive | ||||||
| Addition | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Subtraction | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Multiplicative | ||||||
| Multiplication | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Division | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Integer division | \ | n/a | /1 | |||
| Modulus (division returning only the remainder) | Mod | % | % | % | % (also works with floating point) | %; Mod |
| Exponentiation | ^ | n/a | n/a | n/a | ^, ** | |
| Assignment | ||||||
| Assignment | = | = | = | = | = | = |
| Addition | += NEW | += | += | += | += | + |
| Subtraction | -= NEW | -= | -= | -= | -= | - |
| Multiplication | *= NEW | *= | *= | *= | *= | * |
| Division | /= NEW | /= | /= | /= | /= | / |
| Integer division | \= NEW | n/a | n/a | /=1 | n/a | n/a |
| Concatenate | &= NEW | += | += | += | + |
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| Modulus | n/a | %= | %= | %= | %= | % |
| Left shift | <<=NEW | <<= | <<= | <<= | <<= | BITLSHIFT( ) |
| Right shift | >>=NEW | >>= | >>= | >>= | >>= | BITRSHIFT( ) |
| Bitwise-AND | n/a | &= | &= | &= | &= | BITAND( ) |
| Bitwise-exclusive-OR | n/a | ^= | ^= | ^= | ^= | BITXOR( ) |
| Bitwise-inclusive-OR | n/a | |= | |= | |= | |= | BITOR( ) |
| Relational and equality | ||||||
| Less than | < | < | < | < | < | < |
| Less than or equal to | <= | <= | <= | <= | <= | <= |
| Greater than | > | > | > | > | > | > |
| Greater than or equal to | >= | >= | >= | >= | >= | >= |
| Equal | = | == | == | == | == | = |
| Not equal | <> | != | != | != | != | <>; #; != |
| Compare two object reference variables | Is | == | n/a | == | == | COMPOBJ() |
| Compare object reference type | TypeOf x Is Class1 | x instanceof Class1 | n/a | x is Class1 (also see as and typeof) | instanceof | n/a |
| Compare strings | = | String.equals() | (There are functions to compare and concatenate strings) | ==
-or-String.Equals() |
== | = |
| Concatenate strings | & | + | + | + | + | |
| Shortcircuited Boolean AND | AndAlso | && | && | && | && | n/a |
| Shortcircuited Boolean OR | OrElse | || | || | || | || | n/a |
| Shift | ||||||
| Left shift | <<NEW | << | << | << | << | n/a |
| Right shift | >>NEW | >> | >> | >> | >>, >>> | n/a |
| Scope resolution | ||||||
| Scope resolution | . | n/a | :: | . and base | n/a | :: |
| Postfix2 | ||||||
| Array element | () | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ]; () |
| Function call | () | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) |
| Type cast | Cint, CDbl, ..., CType | (type) | (type) | (type) | type() | n/a |
| Member selection | . | . | . or -> | . | . | . |
| Postfix increment | n/a | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | n/a |
| Postfix decrement | n/a | -- | -- | -- | -- | n/a |
| Unary3 | ||||||
| Indirection | n/a | n/a | * | * (unsafe mode only) | n/a | n/a |
| Address of | AddressOf | n/a | & | & (unsafe mode only; also see fixed) | n/a | n/a |
| Logical-NOT | Not | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! |
| One's complement | Not | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | BITNOT( ) |
| Prefix increment | n/a | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | n/a |
| Prefix decrement | n/a | -- | -- | -- | -- | n/a |
| Size of type | n/a | n/a | sizeof | sizeof | n/a | n/a |
| comma | n/a | , | , | n/a | , | n/a |
| Bitwise | ||||||
| Bitwise-AND | And | & | & | & | & | BITAND( ) |
| Bitwise-exclusive-OR | Xor | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | BITXOR( ) |
| Bitwise-inclusive-OR | Or | | | | | | | | | n/a |
| Logical | ||||||
| Logical-AND | And | && | && | && | && | AND |
| Logical-OR | Or | || | || | || | || | OR |
| Conditional | ||||||
| Conditional | IIf Function () | ?: | ?: | ?: | ?: | n/a |
| Pointer to member | ||||||
| Pointer to member | n/a | n/a | .* or -> | . (Unsafe mode only) | n/a | n/a |
| Reference | ||||||
| Reference | n/a | n/a | & | n/a (use reference types) | n/a | @ |
1. The division operator is overloaded to handle both integer and floating-point division, depending on the operands.
2. Postfix operators have the highest order of precedence in expression evaluation.
3. Unary operators appear before the operand and associate from right to left.
See Also
Language Equivalents | Programming Concepts Compared in Different Languages with Code Examples | Controls and Programmable Objects Compared in Different Languages and Libraries