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13.5. Operators

The following table lists the operators, in order of increasing precedence, that are available in gawk.

Symbol

Meaning

= += -= *= /= %= ^= **=

Assignment

?:

C style conditional (expression ? if-true-action : if-false-action)

||

Logical OR

&&

Logical AND

in

Array membership (see for command)

~ !~

Match regular expression and negation

< <= > >= != == >> | | &

Relational and redirection operators

(blank)

Concatenation

+ -

Addition, subtraction

* / %

Multiplication, division, and modulus

+ - !

Unary plus and minus and logical negation

^ **

Exponentiation

++ --

Increment and decrement, either prefix or postfix

$

Field reference



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