Q.Briefly explain operator precedence in C.

Operator precedence decides the order in which different operators in an expression are evaluated. …

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Precedence fixes which operators are evaluated first in an expression; associativity resolves ties, and ( ) can override both.

When an expression contains more than one operator, C evaluates them in a definite order decided by operator precedence:

1. Operators with higher precedence are evaluated before those with lower precedence. For example, in a + b * c the multiplication is done first because * has higher precedence than +.
2. The usual arithmetic order is: unary (+, -, ++, --) highest, then * / %, then + -, then relational, then logical, then assignment.
3. When two operators have the same precedence, associativity (usually left-to-right) decides the order. …