C - Operators

C - Operators
An operator is a symbol that tells the compiler to perform specific mathematical or logical manipulations. C language is rich in built-in operators and provides following type of operators:

• Arithmetic Operators
• Relational Operators
• Logical Operators
• Bitwise Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Misc Operators

This tutorial will explain the arithmetic, relational, and logical, bitwise, assignment and other operators one by one.

Arithmetic Operators
Following table shows all the arithmetic operators supported by C language. Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then:

Operator	Description	Example
+	Adds two operands	A + B will give 30
-	Subtracts second operand from the first	A - B will give -10
*	Multiply both operands	A * B will give 200
/	Divide numerator by de-numerator	B / A will give 2
%	Modulus Operator and remainder of after an integer division	B % A will give 0
++	Increment operator increases integer value by one	A++ will give 11
--	Decrement operator decreases integer value by one	A-- will give 9

Example
Try following example to understand all the arithmetic operators available in C programming language:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
   int a = 21;
   int b = 10;
   int c ;

   c = a + b;
   printf("Line 1 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
   c = a - b;
   printf("Line 2 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
   c = a * b;
   printf("Line 3 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
   c = a / b;
   printf("Line 4 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
   c = a % b;
   printf("Line 5 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
   c = a++; 
   printf("Line 6 - Value of c is %d\n", c );
   c = a--; 
   printf("Line 7 - Value of c is %d\n", c );

}

When you compile and execute the above program it produces following result:

Line 1 - Value of c is 31
Line 2 - Value of c is 11
Line 3 - Value of c is 210
Line 4 - Value of c is 2
Line 5 - Value of c is 1
Line 6 - Value of c is 21
Line 7 - Value of c is 22