[expr.mul]

# 7 Expressions [[expr]](./#expr)

## 7.6 Compound expressions [[expr.compound]](expr.compound#expr.mul)

### 7.6.5 Multiplicative operators [expr.mul]

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/expressions.tex#L7059)

The multiplicative operators *, /, and % group
left-to-right[.](#1.sentence-1)

[multiplicative-expression:](#nt:multiplicative-expression "7.6.5 Multiplicative operators [expr.mul]")  
[*pm-expression*](expr.mptr.oper#nt:pm-expression "7.6.4 Pointer-to-member operators [expr.mptr.oper]")  
[*multiplicative-expression*](#nt:multiplicative-expression "7.6.5 Multiplicative operators [expr.mul]") * [*pm-expression*](expr.mptr.oper#nt:pm-expression "7.6.4 Pointer-to-member operators [expr.mptr.oper]")  
[*multiplicative-expression*](#nt:multiplicative-expression "7.6.5 Multiplicative operators [expr.mul]") / [*pm-expression*](expr.mptr.oper#nt:pm-expression "7.6.4 Pointer-to-member operators [expr.mptr.oper]")  
[*multiplicative-expression*](#nt:multiplicative-expression "7.6.5 Multiplicative operators [expr.mul]") % [*pm-expression*](expr.mptr.oper#nt:pm-expression "7.6.4 Pointer-to-member operators [expr.mptr.oper]")

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/expressions.tex#L7079)

The operands of * and / shall have arithmetic or unscoped
enumeration type; the operands of % shall have integral or unscoped
enumeration type[.](#2.sentence-1)

The [usual arithmetic conversions](expr.arith.conv "7.4 Usual arithmetic conversions [expr.arith.conv]") are performed on the
operands and determine the type of the result[.](#2.sentence-2)

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/expressions.tex#L7085)

The binary * operator indicates multiplication[.](#3.sentence-1)

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/expressions.tex#L7088)

The binary / operator yields the quotient, and the binary% operator yields the remainder from the division of the first
expression by the second[.](#4.sentence-1)

If the second operand of / or % is zero, the behavior is
undefined[.](#4.sentence-2)

For integral operands, the / operator yields the algebraic quotient with
any fractional part discarded;[63](#footnote-63 "This is often called truncation towards zero.") if the quotient a/b is representable in the type of the result,(a/b)*b + a%b is equal to a; otherwise, the behavior
of both a/b and a%b is undefined[.](#4.sentence-3)

[63)](#footnote-63)[63)](#footnoteref-63)

This is often called truncation towards zero[.](#footnote-63.sentence-1)