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operator
subject			fact

operator	has definition A built-in method that works on inputs supplied to it according to the conventions of arithmetic
	has definition A symbol used for arithmetic and logical operations
	evaluates to its result
	has precedence
	has purpose to perform a simple function of 1 to 3 arguments
	is part of an expression
	is a subtopic of Operators
	is evaluated before another operator with lower precedence
	is partitioned into arithmetic operator , relational operator, logical operator, bitwise operator, logical operator, assignment operator
	is a kind of symbol
	returns a value called its result
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional

Kinds of operator :

• . (4 facts) (dot operator)
• ?: (10 facts) (conditional operator)
• arithmetic operator (7 kinds, 51 facts)
• assignment operator (13 kinds, 49 facts) - An operator that performs assignment to the variable on the left and returns the value of the expression on the right
• binary operator (17 kinds, 98 facts) - An operator that has two operands, An operator that has 2 arguments
• bitwise operator (8 kinds, 31 facts) - An operator that performs a boolean operation bit by bit on two integral types of the same length
• cast operator (4 facts)
• identity comparison operator (2 kinds, 14 facts)
• logical operator (5 kinds, 37 facts) (boolean operator, conditional operator)
• new operator (8 facts) (creation operator) - An operator that creates a new object (allocates space for it).
• postfix operator (2 kinds, 19 facts)
• prefix operator (2 kinds, 19 facts)
• relational operator (6 kinds, 29 facts)
• short circuit operator (2 kinds, 16 facts)
• tertiary operator (1 kind, 13 facts) - An operator that has 3 arguments
• unary operator (4 kinds, 30 facts) - An operator that has 1 argument