Java Operator Precedence and Associativity
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Operator |
Description |
Associativity |
|---|---|---|
| () | Parentheses (grouping) |
left-to-right |
| ++ -- | Unary postincrement/postdecrement |
right-to-left |
| ++
-- + - ! ~ (type) |
Unary preincrement/predecrement Unary plus/minus Unary logical negation/bitwise complement Unary cast (change type) |
right-to-left |
| * / % | Multiplication/division/modulus | left-to-right |
| + - | Addition/subtraction | left-to-right |
| << >> | Bitwise shift left, Bitwise shift right | left-to-right |
| <
<= > >= instanceof |
Relational less than/less than or equal to Relational greater than/greater than or equal to Type comparison |
left-to-right |
| == != | Relational is equal to/is not equal to | left-to-right |
| & | Bitwise AND | left-to-right |
| ^ | Bitwise exclusive OR | left-to-right |
| | | Bitwise inclusive OR | left-to-right |
| && | Logical AND | left-to-right |
| || | Logical OR | left-to-right |
| ?: | Ternary conditional | right-to-left |
| = += -= *= /= %= &= ^= |= <<= >>= |
Assignment Addition/subtraction assignment Multiplication/division assignment Modulus/bitwise AND assignment Bitwise exclusive/inclusive OR assignment Bitwise shift left/right assignment |
right-to-left |
| Updated 05.15.2008 |