C++ Operators

The following list contains C++ operators organized by category.

Additive

Addition: +

Subtraction: –

Assignment

Addition Assignment: +=	Assignment: =	Bitwise AND Assignment: &=
Bitwise exclusive OR Assignment: ^=	Bitwise inclusive OR Assignment: |=	Division Assignment: /=
Left shift assignment: <<=	Modulus Assignment: %=	Multiplication Assignment: *=
Right shift assignment: >>=	Subtraction Assignment: –=

Bitwise

Bitwise AND: &

Bitwise exclusive OR: ^

Bitwise inclusive OR: |

Logical

Logical AND: &&

Logical OR: ||

Miscellaneous

Comma: ,	Conditional: ? :	Pointer-to-member: .* or –>*
Reference: &	Scope resolution: ::

Multiplicative

Division: /

Modulus: %

Multiplication: *

Postfix

Cast: ()	Function call: ( )	Member access: . and –>
Postfix decrement: ––	Postfix increment: ++	Subscript: [ ]

Relational and Equality

Equality: ==	Greater than or equal to: >=	Greater than: >
Less than or equal to: <=	Less than: <	Not equal: !=

Shift

Left shift: <<

Right shift: >>

Unary

Address-of: &	delete	Indirection: *
Logical Negation: !	new	One's Complement: ~
Prefix decrement: ––	Prefix increment: ++	sizeof
Unary Plus Operator: +	Unary Negation Operator: -

See Also

Reference

Operator Precedence and Associativity

Operator Overloading

C++ Keywords

Lexical Conventions