operators operands

I've been looking for hours all over the net for just a simple list of the arithmetic operators, that can be used in C, and the syntax of operators and operands, but I can't find one. Can anybody tell me where one is?

I simply want to raise one floating point variable to a floating point power.

Also, I noticed that if i simply try to assign to a float variable, one integer divided by another, the compiler rounds the variable's value off to an integer, but displays a bunch of zeros after a decimal point. If I divide one float variable by another, I get a (thing on the left i forgot what its called) and a mantissa. Is the program "type-casting" the variable, changing its type? I'm confused. If it was, it wouldn't display the dec point and zeros, it would seem to me.

#include <math.h>
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float a = 4.55;
float b = 3.58;
float c = pow (a, b); // a to power of b.

Thanks SamGwilliam -- I was able to get my computer to exponentiate, using the information you provided in your example. I did, however, as I had before, have to say something like...

float a;
a = 4.55;

to it, rather than telling it...

float a = 4.55;

-- because this sort of declaration caused it to respond with "Error blah blah blah."

Perhaps this is correct syntax in another compiler, but Borland Turbo C 2.01 (circa 1989) didn't like it.

I'm still looking for a simple list of the arithmetic operators, that can be used in C, and the syntax of operators and operands. I having trouble deducing these from the math.h file.

Try this, it´s an ANSII-C-reference.

klausi

> I've been looking for hours all over the net for just a simple list of the arithmetic operators
The only floating point operators which C supports "out of the box" are +,-,*,/

Everything else (log, exponents etc) can all be found as functions in math.h

> Perhaps this is correct syntax in another compiler, but Borland Turbo C 2.01 (circa 1989) didn't like it.
Shouldn't be a problem - though your very OLD (and pre-ANSI) compiler should really be replaced with something more up to date

Many excellent free compilers can be found here
www.compilers.net

Thanks klausi. Looks like one of the better references on the web (I finally managed to find a few).


Thanks Salem. I'm thinking about buying Borland Turbo C/C++ Suite. It includes a C tutorial, not just a tutorial on using their ide.

Since I'm just learning fundamentals, I don't need a comprehensive set of features yet. Though I like a good ide to save time.

I downloaded djgpp already. It looks very complete. But it also has a very complex installation procedure. I have't installed it yet.