Operators

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XCX 3.0 Operators

Arithmetic Operators

Operator Description Example Result
+ Addition 10 + 3 13
- Subtraction / Unary Negation 10 - 3 7
* Multiplication 10 * 3 30
/ Division (truncates for i) 10 / 3 3
% Modulo (Remainder) 10 % 3 1
^ Exponentiation 2 ^ 10 1024
++ Integer Digit Concatenation 48 ++ 77 4877

String Operators

Operator Description Example Result
+ Concatenation "Hi " + "User" "Hi User"
HAS Substring search "Search" HAS "ear" true

[!TIP] String concatenation automatically converts numbers and booleans to strings (e.g., "Value: " + 42 → "Value: 42").

Logical Operators

Operator Alias Description
AND && Logical AND
OR || Logical OR
NOT !! Logical NOT

Comparison Operators

Used for comparing values of the same type.

Operator Description
== Equal to
!= Not equal to
< Less than
> Greater than
<= Less than or equal to
>= Greater than or equal to

Set Operators

Word Symbol Description
UNION ∪ Set Union
INTERSECTION ∩ Set Intersection
DIFFERENCE \ Set Difference
SYMMETRIC_DIFFERENCE ⊕ Symmetric Difference

Operator Precedence (Highest to Lowest)

  1. Function calls, method calls, indexing []
  2. Unary negation -, !! (NOT)
  3. Exponentiation ^
  4. Multiplication *, Division /, Modulo %
  5. Set operations UNION, INTERSECTION, DIFFERENCE, SYM_DIFF
  6. Addition +, Subtraction -, Concatenation ++
  7. Comparisons HAS, >, <, >=, <=
  8. Equality ==, !=
  9. Logical AND, &&
  10. Logical OR, ||
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