Arithmetic Operators

The complex arithmetic library defines all the basic arithmetic operators. Specifically, the following operators work in the usual way and with the usual precedence:

+ - / * =

The operator - has its usual binary and unary meanings.

In addition, you can use the following operators in the usual way:

+= -= *= /=

However, these last four operators do not produce values that you can use in expressions. For example, the following does not work:

complex a, b; 
... 
if ((a+=2)==0) {...}; // illegal 
b = a *= b; // illegal 

You can also use the following equality operators in their regular meaning:

== !=

When you mix real and complex numbers in an arithmetic expression, C++ uses the complex operator function and converts the real values to complex values.