CHAPTER 4: BASIC C

OPERATORS
CSEB2113 PROGRAMMING I

Badariah Solemon

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 MODULES

4.1 Expressions, Operations and

Operators
4.1.1 Expressions and Operations
4.1.2 C Arithmetic Operators
4.1.3 Other Types of Operators

4.2 Type Casting and Rules for

Evaluating Expression
4.2.1 Type Casting
4.2.2 C Rules For Evaluating
Expression
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EXPRESSIONS, OPERATIONS AND
OPERATORS
Module 4.1

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4.1.1 EXPRESSIONS AND OPERATIONS

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C EXPRESSIONS
• An expression is a collection of OPERATORS and OPERANDS that represents a
specific value.
• Example:
Operator

5 + 2;

Operands

Operator: Specifies an operation on the data which yields a value

Operand: Data item on which the operator act.
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TYPES OF C EXPRESSIONS
p = q + r;
• The entire line is a statement, not an expression.
• The portion after the equal is an expression.
ARITHMETIC Expression RELATIONAL expressions LOGICAL Expressions CONDITIONAL Expressions
• To perform arithmetic • To perform comparison • To perform complex • Works on three operands
operation operations of two operands comparison operations
• Computes a value of type • The result is either Zero • The result is either Zero
int, float or (True) or Non-zero (False) (True) or Non-zero (False)
double
• Using ARITHMETIC • Using RELATIONAL • Using LOGICAL OPERATORS • Using CONDITIONAL
OPERATORS OPERATORS OPERATOR

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C PROGRAMMING OPERATORS
ARITHMETIC Operators RELATIONAL Operators
• Binary (operation on 2 operand) • ==
+ - * / % • >
• <
• Unary (operation on 1 operand) • >=
+ - ++ -- • <=
• !=
• Assignment
= += -= *= /= %= LOGICAL Operators
• &&
CONDITIONAL Operator • ||
• ? : • !
Chapter 5
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4.1.2 C ARITHMETIC OPERATORS

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BINARY OPERATORS D+E

• Require TWO operands to produce a new value

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OPERATIONS OF SAME OR MIXED DATA TYPES
Examples:
int 5 + 3 is 8
int
5 / 3 is 1
int

float float 5.2 + 3.1 is 8.3

5.0 / 3.0 is 1.6
float

float 5.2 + 3 is 8.2

float
5.0 / 3 is 1.6
int 5 / 3.0 is 1.6

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OPERATIONS OF SAME OR MIXED DATA TYPES D +E

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MODULO OPERATOR (%) D+E

• Also known as modulus operator

• Will give the REMAINDER that is left over when one number is divided by
another

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PRACTICE
1. Write a C program that sum up 4 integer
numbers and display the computed sum.

2. Write a C program to compute and display

the average of three numbers.

3. Write a C program to read the value of the

height, width and length of a box from the
user and print its volume.
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UNARY OPERATORS D+E

• Require ONE operand to produce a new value

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PREFIX AND POSTFIX INCREMENT D+E

• a++ or ++a is equals to a = a + 1 but they work differently

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PREFIX AND POSTFIX DECREMENT D+E

• Similarly, --a or a-- is equals to a = a - 1 but they work

differently

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PRACTICE
• What is the output of the following program?
1.

2.

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ASSIGNMENT OPERATORS D+E

• Syntax:
Variable = Expressions;

= assigns values from right side operands to left side operand

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COMPOUND ASSIGNMENT OPERATORS D+E

• A COMBINATION of arithmetic operator with the basic assignment operator

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PRACTICE
1. What is the output of the following C program?

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PRACTICE
2. Write a C program to read a number and
generate a list of 5 numbers with
multiply of 3 values by applying
compound assignment operator.

3. Write a C program to show the following

list of numbers by reading the first
number:
291 277 263 249 235 221
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4.1.3 OTHER TYPES OF OPERATORS

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RELATIONAL OPERATORS D+R+E

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LOGICAL OPERATORS D+R+E

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TYPE CASTING AND ORDER OF
OPERATIONS & GROUPING
Module 4.2

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4.2.1 TYPE CASTING

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TYPE CASTING
• Refers to CAST/CONVERT one datatype into another datatype
• To ensure that you do not loose any data from the arithmetic operation.
• Syntax:
(data type) expression

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TYPE CASTING APPLICATION

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PRACTICE
1. Write a C program to read two integer values from user and display the
addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and modulo operations table
of the two numbers. Make sure to retain the decimal points of the
division operation. Sample format:
Enter two numbers: x y

C Operator Operations Results

---------------------------------------------
+ Addition z
- Subtraction z
* Multiplication z
/ Division z.zzz
% Modulus z
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4.2.2 C RULES FOR EVALUATING EXPRESSION

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OPERATOR PRECEDENCE
• Determines which operator is performed first in an expression with more
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than one operators with different precedence. Example Text : Get a
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• Example: s = x / y + z; Presentation that is

beautifully designed. I
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• The rules for evaluating expressions are:

this Template will your
Time, Money and
Reputation.

PRECEDENCE RULE ASSOCIATIVITY RULE

specifies which of the used when two operators of

operators will be same precedence appear in
evaluated first. an expression

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PRECEDENCE AND ASSOCIATIVITY RULES IN C
• Depends on IDE
Precedence Operator Associativity
Highest (evaluated [ ] ( ) postfix++ postfix-- Left to Right
first) unary+ unary- ! prefix++ prefix-- Right to Left
* / % Left to Right
binary+ binary- Left to Right
< > <= >= Left to Right
== != Left to Right
&& || Left to Right
?: Right to Left
Lowest (evaluated last) = *= /= %= += -= Right to Left
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EXAMPLE

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PRACTICE
1. Show the evaluation steps of below C statements (assumed to be
evaluated individually):

int a = 5, b = 4, c = 3, n;

n = c + b * a;
n = (a - c) * a - c;
n = a % c;
n = --b * c-;
n = c / a % ++a –-b;

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PRACTICE
2. Write a program to convert temperature in Fahrenheit to Celsius.
3. Write a program to create a table of Olympic competition running
distances in meters, kilometers, yards, and miles given distances in
meters. The following distances should be used: 100m, 200m, 400m, and
800m. (Hint: 1 m = 0.001 km = 1.094 yd = 0.0006215 miles). Sample
output:

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RECAP
EXPRESSIONS AND OPERATIONS C ARITHMETIC OPERATORS OTHER TYPES OF OPERATORS
Operator, operand Binary: + - * / % Relational: == >
Expression/operator: Unary: + - ++ -- < >= <= !=
arithmetic, relational, Assignment : = += Logical: && || !
logical, conditional -= *= /= %= Conditional: ? :

TYPE CASTING C RULES FOR EVALUATING EXPRESSION

Data type conversion Precedence Rules
( datatype ) Associativity Rules
IDE-dependent

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