How to distinguish & (addres of operator) and &(bitwise and operator?

while programing C ..how that can be known??


i am working in C -wiht gcc compiler.

How to distinguish %26amp; (addres of operator) and %26amp;(bitwise and operator?
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Its simple





The address of operator should have a single variable name on its right side.





The bit wise AND operator should have two operands on its both sides.





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Vasu M


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Reply:%26amp;(address of operator) is an unary operator, so it can be used only on one operand


e.g. a=%26amp;b;





while


%26amp;(bitwise operator) is a binary operator, so it can be used only on two operands.


e.g. a=b%26amp;c;