The following table lists C++'s precedence and associativity characteristics. Each box contains operators with equal precedence. The top box contains the highest-precedence operators.

	Operator level		Associativity
	::		left to right
	( ) [ ] -> .		left to right
	sizeof(data type)
	! ++ --		right to left
	+ (unary) - (unary)
	* (dereference) & (address of)
	new delete
	(data type)
	* / %		left to right
	+ -		left to right
	<< >>		left to right
	< <= > >=		left to right
	== !=		left to right
	&		left to right
	ˆ{}		left to right
	|		left to right
	&&		left to right
	||		left to right
	?:		right to left
	= += -= *= /= %= &= ˆ{}= |= <<= >>=		right to left
	,		left to right

Note that each data type, surrounded by parentheses, is considered an operator, namely a casting operator. Also, the parentheses following a function name are considered to be the function-call operator.

Three of the operators in the table are not described in the body of this text: &, |, and ˆ{} are the bitwise and, bitwise or, and bitwise exclusive or operators.