From 281a6f4fb80d12244a4d4671e92e7529d18e8957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wolfwhocodes <40625914+wolfwhocodes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:40:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Associativity of operators (#23217)

When two or more operators of the same precedence occur in an expression, associativity determines the order in which they must be evaluated.
---
 guide/english/c/operators/index.md | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guide/english/c/operators/index.md b/guide/english/c/operators/index.md
index 65d90eaa4a..0fd7a7f511 100644
--- a/guide/english/c/operators/index.md
+++ b/guide/english/c/operators/index.md
@@ -201,9 +201,13 @@ sizeof()	               Returns the size of a variable.	                    size
 ? :	                    Conditional Expression.	                              If Condition is true ? then value X : otherwise value Y
 
 
-## 6. Operator precedence in C
+## 6. Operator precedence and associativity in C
 Operators with the highest precedence appear at the top of the list. Within an expression, operators
-with higher precedence will be evaluated first.
+with higher precedence will be evaluated first. When two or more operators of the same precedence is
+present in an expression, then the associativity of the operator tells us the order in which the operators
+must be evaluated. The associativity in the given list is from left to right i.e, operators in the left are
+evaluated first. 
+
 - Postfix `() [] -> . ++ --`
 - Unary `+ - ! ~ ++ -- (type)* & sizeof`
 - Multiplicative `* / %`