Subject : COMP6047

ALGORITHM AND PROGRAMMING

Year : 2019

Operator, Operand, and

Arithmetic
 Learning Outcomes
At the end of this session, student will be able to:
• Creating instructions using various operator in C programming
language (LO1 & LO2)

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 Sub Topics
Operator, Operand, and Arithmetic:
– Operator and Operand Introduction
– Assignment Operators
– Arithmetic Operators
– Relational Operators
– Conditional Expressions
– Logical Operators
– Bitwise Operators
– Pointer Operators
– Precedence and Associative
– Exercise

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 Operator and Operand Introduction
• Operator is a symbol to process values in result for a new value

• Operand is part which specifies what data is to be manipulated or operated on

• Example :
C=A+B
(= and + sign are operators, A, B and C are operands)

• Based on its operand number, operator can be divided into three:

– Unary operator (needs one operand)
– Binary operator (needs two operands)
– Ternary operator (needs three operands)

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 Operator and Operand Introduction
• Based on its operation type, operator can be grouped as:
– Assignment Operator
– Logical Operator
– Arithmetic Operator
– Relational Operator
– Bitwise Operator
– Pointer Operator

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 Assignment Operators
• A binary operator

• Used in assigning value to an operand

Syntax:
Operand1 = Operand2;

• Left hand side operand (Operand1) should have (L-Value) such as

variable

• Right hand side operand (Operand2) can be constant, another

variable, expression or function

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 Assignment Operators
• Example:
x = 2; // constant
x = y; // other variable
x = 2 * y; // expression
x = sin (y); // function

• Type of the result will follow the left hand side operand
int x = 7/2; /*x value is 3 not 3.5*/
float y = 3; /*y value is 3.000 */

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 Arithmetic Operators
Symbol Functionality Example
+ Addition x = y + 6;
- Subtraction y = x – 5;
* Multiply y = y * 3;
/ Division z = x/y;
% Modulo A = 10 % 3;
++ Increment x++;
-- Decrement z--;
() Scope / Priority x=(2+3)*5

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 Arithmetic Operators
• Modulo
– Symbol : %
– Binary operator
– To find remainder of a division
– N % 2, can be used to find an odd or even number
 N % 2 = 0  N is even
 N % 2 = 1  N is odd

• Increment and Decrement

– Symbol : ++(increment), --(decrement)
– Unary operator
– Increase (++) and decrease (--) the value of a variable by 1.
– Its position can be in the front (pre) or after (post) a variable.

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 Arithmetic Operators
• Example :

N++; // post increment

++N; // pre increment
N--; // post decrement
--N; // pre decrement

• If a stand alone statement, N++; or ++N; equal to N=N+1;

• If a stand alone statement, N--; or --N; equal to N=N-1;

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 Arithmetic Operators
• Example:
#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
int x = 44; int y = 44;
++x;
printf(”x = %d\n”, x); /* result 45 */
y++;
printf(”y = %d\n”, y); /* result 45 */
}

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 Arithmetic Operators
• If ++n and n++ as a bounded statement (sub expression),
then both of them have a different meaning

• ++n  n add by 1, then continue to process its expression

• n++  process the expression initially, than add n by 1

int main () {
int x=44; int y = 44; int z;
z = ++x; /* z, x is 45 */
z = y++; /* z is 44 and y is 45 */
return(0);
}

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 Arithmetic Operators
Every expression using the following form:
<Variable> = <Variable> <Operator><Exp>;
has similar meaning with:
<Variable> <Operator> = <Exp>;
or also known as:
Combined Operator
Expression Combined Operator
a = a + b; a += b;
a = a – b; a -= b;
a = a * b; a *= b;
a = a / b; a /= b;
a = a % b; a %= b;
a=a^b; a ^= b;
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 Arithmetic Operators
Example :

x *= y +1; has similar meaning with:

A. x = x * (y + 1);
B. x = x * y + 1;
C. x = x + 1 * y;
D. x = (x + 1) * y;

Answer: A

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 Relational Operators
Use to compare to values with TRUE or FALSE result

Symbol Functionality
== Equality
!= Not equal
< Less than
> Greater than
<= Less or equal than
>= Greater or equal than
?: Conditional assignment

FALSE in C language equals to the value of zero

TRUE on the other hand not equal to zero
TRUE set by a C program at run time equal to the value of one

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 Relational Operators
Example:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x=5,y=6;
if ( x == y) printf("%d equal %d\n",x,y);
if ( x != y) printf("%d not equal %d\n",x,y);
if ( x < y) printf("%d less than %d\n",x,y);
if ( x > y) printf("%d greater than %d\n",x,y);
if ( x <= y) printf("%d less or equal than %d\n",x,y);
if ( x >= y) printf("%d greater or equal than %d\n",x,y);
return(0);
}
int x;
x = (20 > 10); // x value 1
x = (20 == 10); // x value 0

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 Conditional Expressions
• Given the following statement:
if(a > b) z = a;
else z = b;

• The above statement can be reformed to a conditional

expression
• Conditional expression using ternary operator : ‘?’ and ‘:’

• Syntax :
exp1 ? exp2 : exp3;
• Example (similar meaning with the above statement):
z = (a > b) ? a : b;

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Example:
Conditional Expressions
int main () {
int code, discount=0;
code=1;
discount = (code == 1) ? 30 : 10;
printf(” Item discount = %d \n”,discount);
return(0);
}
int main () {
int bil, abs;
bil = 50;
abs = (bil1 > 0) ? bil : - bil;
printf(“%d \n”,bil);
bil = - 50;
abs = (bil1 > 0) ? bil : - bil;
printf(“%d \n”,bil);
return(0);
}
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 Logical Operator
Logical operator symbols:
Symbol Functionality
&& AND
|| OR
! NOT

Logical operator truth table:

A B !A A && B A || B
True True False True True
True False False False True
False True True False True
False False True False False

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 Logical Operators
Operand in Logical Operator is the operand with TRUE or FALSE
value

Example :
int x=5; int y=0;
x && y; // FALSE
(x > y) && (y>=0); // TRUE

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 Bitwise Operators
Symbol Meaning Example

& AND A&B

| OR A | B;

^ XOR A ^ B;

~ Complement ~A;

>> Shift Right A >> 3;

<< Shift Left B << 2;

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 Bitwise Operators
BIT BY BIT OPERATION

Example:
int A=24; int B=35; int C;
C = A & B; // value C = 0
C = A | B; // value C = 59
Note:
A=24 binary: 011000
B=35 binary: 100011
Bit by bit AND operation resulting: 000000, in
decimal: 0
Bit by bit OR operation resulting : 111011, in
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 Bitwise Operators
XOR operation of two bits resulting 1 if both bit are
differ, and will result 0 if both are analogous.

Example:
int A,B=45;
A = B^75; // Result A=102

Note:
Decimal 45 binary: 0101101
Decimal 75 binary: 1001011
bit by bit XOR will result in : 1100110 or 102 in
decimal
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 Bitwise Operators
To create a complement-1 value, then every bit with 0
value exchange to 1 and vice versa.
Example:
int A, B=0xC3;
A=~B; //value A=0x3C;
In C, writing a
Note: hexadecimal should start
0xC3 binary: 1100 0011 with 0x
complement-1 result:
0011 1100 in hexadecimal 3C

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 Bitwise Operators
Example :
int A, B=78;
A = B >> 3; //value A=9
A = B << 2; //value A=312

78, binary: 0100 1110

first shift right: 0010 0111
second shift right: 0001 0011
third shift right : 00001001  9 decimal

78, binary: 0100 1110

first shift left: 0100 11100
second shift left: 0100 111000  312 decimal
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 Pointer Operators
Pointer operators consist of:
& (address of)
* (value of)

will be discussed on session 13-14

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 Precedence and Associative
Every operator will have precedence and associative.

Precedence describes the order of operator execution

based on its priority. Operator with the highest
precedence will initially executed.

Associative describes the order of operator execution

based on its location inside an expression (from left or
right order). Associative will be used for operators with
the same precedence level.

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Precedence and Associative

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Precedence and Associative: Example

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 Exercise
1. If all variables are integer, then state the value of A if:
B=23; C=12; D=32; E=0;
a) A = B && E;
b) A = B & C;
c) A = C || D;
d) A = B | D;
e) A = B > 2;
f) A = B >> 2;
g) A = C < 3;
h) A = C << 3;
i) A = B = C;
j) A = B == C;

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 Exercise
2. 3.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x=10, y=6;
x *= 5 + y;
printf("%d\n",x);
return(0);
}

What is x value on the screen ? What is x value on the screen ?

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 Exercise
4.

What is y value on the screen ?

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 Exercise
5.

What are the output of those programs?

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 Exercise
6.
z = (n > 0) ? f : b;
From the given conditional expression above, do f and
b have a different data type?

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 Summary
• Operator is a symbol to process values in result for a new value
• Operand is part which specifies what data is to be manipulated
or operated on
• Every operator will have precedence and associative

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 References
• Paul Deitel & Harvey Deitel. (2016). C how to program : with an
introduction to C++. 08. Pearson Education. Hoboken. ISBN:
9780133976892. Chapter 2, 3 & 4
• Manipulating Data with Operators:
http://aelinik.free.fr/c/ch06.htm

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