Operators in C++ | Unary and Binary operators

Operators are the symbols that are used to perform certain operations on data. C++ provides a variety of operations. These include arithmetic operations, relational operations, logical operators, increment and decrement operator, and assignment operators. The operations can be categorized as follows:

Unary Operators in C++

A type of operator that works with one operand is known as a unary operator. The following operators are unary operators.

-, ++, —

The above operators are with one operand as follows.

-a;

N++;

–x;

Binary Operations in C++

A type of operator that works with two operands is known as binary operators

+, -, /, %

The above operators are used with two operands as follows:

a + b;

a / y

Arithmetic Operators in C++

Arithmetic operators are a symbol that performs mathematical operations on data. C++ provides many arithmetic operators.

Operation	Symbol	Description
Addition	+	Add two values
Subtraction	–	Subtract one value from another
Multiplication	*	Multiplies two values
Division	/	Divides one value by another value
Modulus	%	Gives the remainder of the division of two integers

Increment Operator in C++

The increment operator is used to increase the value of the variable by 1. It is denoted by the symbol ++. It is a unary operator and works with a single variable.

The increment operator cannot increment the value of constants and expressions. For example, A++ and X++ are valid statements but 10++ is an invalid statement.

Increment operator can be used in two forms:

• Prefix Form
• Postfix Form

Decrement Operator

The decrement operator is used to decrease the value of a variable by 1. It is denoted by the symbol –. It is a unary operator and works with a single variable.

The decrement operator cannot decrement the value of constants and expressions. For example, A– and X — are valid statements but 10– is an invalid statement.

It can also use two forms

• Prefix Form
• Postfix Form

Assignment Operators

An operator that assigns a value to a variable is known as an assignment statement. Assignment operator = is used in assignment operator to assign a value or computational result to a variable.

Relational Operator

The relational operator is used to find the relationship between two operands. E.g.

a > b, b > a

Logical Operators

Logical operators perform simplest on Boolean values (or expressions like relational operators that go back to Boolean values) and yield a Boolean end result on their own. The operators used for logical computation in C++ are !, &&, and ||.

Bitwise Operators

Bitwise operators are used to perform operations on the integer data at the single bit level.

For Example: a & b;   a | b;