C# Operators

It is not complete reference of the c# operators. I dump here only operators you can often forget or don’t remember how they are called.

Operators

Expression	Description
x?.y	Conditional member access
a?[x]	Conditional array and indexer access
new T(…){…}	Object creation with initializer
new {…}	Anonymous object initializer
new T[…]	Array creation
typeof(T)	Obtain System.Type object for T
default (T)	Obtain default value of type T
delegate {}	Anonymous function (anonymous method)
x is T	Return true if x is a T, false otherwise
x as T	Return x typed as T, or null if x is not a T
(T x) => y	Anonymous function (lambda expression)

Category	Expression	Description
Logical AND	x & y	Integer bitwise AND, Boolean logical AND
Logical XOR	x ^ y	Integer bitwise XOR, boolean logical XOR
Logical OR	x \| y	Integer bitwise OR, boolean logical OR
Conditional AND	x && y	Evaluates y only if x is true
Conditional OR	x \|\| y	Evaluates y only if x is false
Null coalescing	x ?? y	Evaluates to y if x is null, to x otherwise
Conditional	x ? y : z	Evaluates to y if x is true, z if x is false
Bitwise negation	~x	Bitwise negation

Operator	Description
%	Remainder

Operator	Description
x « y	Shift left
x » y	Shift right

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