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Problem with operator precedence

we know that precedence of prefix is greater than “LOGICAL AND” (&&) and precedence of “LOGICAL AND” is greater than “LOGICAL OR” (||).

Below program seems to violate it:

int main()

{
    int i=-3,j=2,k=0,m;
    m=++i||++j&&++k;
    printf("%d %d %d %d",i,j,k,m);
    return 0;
}

If precedence of ++ is more than && and || then all prefix should execute first. After this i=-2,j=3,k=1 and then && will execute first.
why output shows : -2 2 0 1 ?

The behavior of the program is also same on ubuntu v12.04.

Answer 1

The && and || operators are “short-circuiting”. That is, if the value on the left is FALSE for && or TRUE for || then the expression on the right is not executed (since it’s not needed to determine the value of the overall expression).