[lex.operators]

# 5 Lexical conventions [[lex]](./#lex)

## 5.8 Operators and punctuators [lex.operators]

[1](#1)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/lex.tex#L774)

The lexical representation of C++ programs includes a number of
preprocessing tokens that are used in the syntax of the preprocessor or
are converted into tokens for operators and punctuators:

[preprocessing-op-or-punc:](#nt:preprocessing-op-or-punc "5.8 Operators and punctuators [lex.operators]")  
[*preprocessing-operator*](#nt:preprocessing-operator "5.8 Operators and punctuators [lex.operators]")  
[*operator-or-punctuator*](#nt:operator-or-punctuator "5.8 Operators and punctuators [lex.operators]")

[preprocessing-operator:](#nt:preprocessing-operator "5.8 Operators and punctuators [lex.operators]") one of  
# ## %: %:%:

[operator-or-punctuator:](#nt:operator-or-punctuator "5.8 Operators and punctuators [lex.operators]") one of  
{ } [ ] ( ) [: :]  
<% %> <: :> ; : ...  
? :: . .* -> ->* ^^ ~  
! + - * / % ^ & |  
= += -= *= /= %= ^= &= |=  
== != < > <= >= <=> && ||  
<< >> <<= >>= ++ -- ,  
and or xor not bitand bitor compl  
and_eq or_eq xor_eq not_eq

Each [*operator-or-punctuator*](#nt:operator-or-punctuator "5.8 Operators and punctuators [lex.operators]") is converted to a single token
in translation phase 7 ([[lex.phases]](lex.phases "5.2 Phases of translation"))[.](#1.sentence-2)