Arithmetic Operators in C: Usage and Examples

• The basic arithmetic operations in C Programming are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Arithmetic Operations are operated on Numeric Data Types as expected.
• Arithmetic Operators are “Binary” Operators i.e they operate on two operands. These operators are used in mathematical expressions in the same way that they are used in algebra.

The following table shows all the arithmetic operators supported by the C language.

Program:

#include<stdio.h>
void main() {
        int answer = 2 + 2;
        printf("Answer: %d \n",answer);

        answer = answer - 1;
        printf("Answer: %d \n",answer);

        answer = answer * 2;
        printf("Answer: %d \n",answer);

        answer = answer / 2;
        printf("Answer: %d \n",answer);

        answer = answer + 8;
        printf("Answer: %d \n",answer);


        answer = answer % 7;
        printf("Answer: %d \n",answer);
   }

Output:

Answer: 4
Answer: 3
Answer: 6
Answer: 3
Answer: 11
Answer: 4
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Increment and Decrement Operator

Program:

#include<stdio.h>
void main() {
    int a = 2 ;
	int b = 6 ;
	a++ ;
    printf("%d \n",a);
	b-- ;
    printf("%d \n",b);
   }

Output:

3
5
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Increment and Decrement Operator another example:

Program:

#include<stdio.h>
void main() {
    int x= 5;
    printf("%d\n",x++);
    printf("%d\n",++x);
	printf("%d\n",x--);
	printf("%d\n",--x);
 }

Output:

5
7
7
5
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Increment and Decrement Operator another example:

This is a undefined Behaviour of C programming Language.

Program:

#include<stdio.h>
void main() {
	int p=10;
	int q=10;
	printf("%d \n",p++ + ++p); 
	printf("%d \n",q++ + q++); 
 }

Output:

You may get this answer. But this is a undefined behaviour of C

22
20
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Below program also a undefined behaviour of C

#include <stdio.h> 
int main() 
{ 
   int i = 8; 
   int p = i++*i++; 
   printf("%d\n", p); 
}

Use of Modulus Operator

Program:

#include<stdio.h>
void main() {
    int    R = 42;
    int S = 62; 
	printf("R mod 10 = %d \n",(R%10));
	printf("S mod 10 = %d \n",(S%10));
 }

Output:

R mod 10 = 2
S mod 10 = 2
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Pre increment and post increment with Example: