Operators in C 

Operators are the  predefined symbols which are used to perform mathematical and logical operations.  

For example: A+B , Here A and B are the operands and "+" is the operator . 

The main types of operators in C are:

• • Arithmetic Operators:
    Used for mathematical calculations.

  • + (addition)

  • - (subtraction)

  • * (multiplication)

  • / (division)

  • % (modulo - remainder after division)

  • ++ (increment - adds 1)

  • -- (decrement - subtracts 1)

• Relational Operators:
  Used to compare two operands and return a boolean result (true or false, represented as 1 or 0).

  • == (equal to)

  • != (not equal to)

  • > (greater than)

  • < (less than)

  • >= (greater than or equal to)

  • <= (less than or equal to)

• Logical Operators:
  Used to combine or modify conditional expressions.

  • && (logical AND)

  • || (logical OR)

  • ! (logical NOT)

• Bitwise Operators:
  Used to perform operations on individual bits of integer operands.

  • & (bitwise AND)

  • | (bitwise OR)

  • ^ (bitwise XOR)

  • ~ (bitwise NOT/one's complement)

  • << (left shift)

  • >> (right shift)

• Assignment Operators:
  Used to assign values to variables.

  • = (simple assignment)

  • +=, -=, *=, /=, %=, &=, |=, ^=, <<=, >>= (compound assignment operators)

• Conditional (Ternary) Operator:
  A shorthand for an if-else statement.

  • condition ? expression1 : expression2;

• Special Operators:

  • sizeof() (returns the size of a variable or type)

  • & (address-of operator)

  • * (pointer dereference operator)

  • , (comma operator)

• Increment/Decrement Operators:

Increment (++) and decrement (--) operators in C are unary operators that increase or decrease the value of a variable by one .

There are two forms for both operators: 

• Prefix Form: The operator is placed before the variable (e.g., ++a, --a).

  • Behavior: The value of the variable is modified before it is used in the expresssion.

Example:   int a = 5; int b = ++a; // a becomes 6, then b is assigned 6

• Postfix Form: The operator is placed after the variable (e.g., a++, a--).

  • Behavior: The original value of the variable is used in the expression first, and then the variable's value is modified.

Example:  int x = 5; int y = x++; // y is assigned 5, then x becomes 6

Similarly decrement operator works .