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Asked: May 15, 20262026-05-15T19:04:47+00:00 2026-05-15T19:04:47+00:00

What precedence rules apply in parsing this expression: *(c++); // c is a pointer.

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What precedence rules apply in parsing this expression:

*(c++);  // c is a pointer.

Thank you.

well, I tried the following

x = *c; c++;
x = (*c++);
x = *(c++);

They appear to be equivalent

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    2026-05-15T19:04:48+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2026 at 7:04 pm

    the ++ operator has not so much to do with precedence, but tells to increment only after evaluation.

    So *c will be “returned” and then c will be incremented.

    Please don’t confuse precedence with order of execution!

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