Operators in C

C programming language provides a wide range of operators that are used to perform various operations on variables and values. Here are the most common types of operators used in C:

1. Arithmetic Operators:
   • Addition (+): Adds two operands.
   • Subtraction (-): Subtracts the second operand from the first operand.
   • Multiplication (*): Multiplies two operands.
   • Division (/): Divides the first operand by the second operand.
   • Modulus (%): Returns the remainder of the division operation.
   • Increment (++) and Decrement (–): Increase or decrease the value of an operand by 1.
2. Relational Operators:
   • Equal to (==): Checks if the values of two operands are equal.
   • Not equal to (!=): Checks if the values of two operands are not equal.
   • Greater than (>): Checks if the value of the left operand is greater than the value of the right operand.
   • Less than (<): Checks if the value of the left operand is less than the value of the right operand.
   • Greater than or equal to (>=): Checks if the value of the left operand is greater than or equal to the value of the right operand.
   • Less than or equal to (<=): Checks if the value of the left operand is less than or equal to the value of the right operand.
3. Logical Operators:
   • Logical AND (&&): Returns true if both the operands are true.
   • Logical OR (||): Returns true if either of the operands is true.
   • Logical NOT (!): Reverses the logical state of its operand.
4. Assignment Operators:
   • Simple Assignment (=): Assigns the value on the right to the variable on the left.
   • Compound Assignment Operators (+=, -=, *=, /=, %=): Performs the operation and assigns the result to the variable.
5. Bitwise Operators:
   • Bitwise AND (&): Performs a bitwise AND operation between two operands.
   • Bitwise OR (|): Performs a bitwise OR operation between two operands.
   • Bitwise XOR (^): Performs a bitwise exclusive OR operation between two operands.
   • Bitwise NOT (~): Flips the bits of the operand.
   • Left Shift (<<): Shifts the bits of the left operand to the left by the number of positions specified by the right operand.
   • Right Shift (>>): Shifts the bits of the left operand to the right by the number of positions specified by the right operand.
6. Conditional (Ternary) Operator:
   • Conditional Operator (?:): Evaluates a condition and returns one of two possible expressions based on the condition.
7. sizeof Operator: Returns the size (in bytes) of a data type or variable.
8. Address and Indirection Operators:
   • Address (&): Returns the memory address of a variable.
   • Indirection (Pointer Dereference) (*): Accesses the value stored in the memory address pointed to by a pointer variable.