standards - double negation in C : is it guaranteed to return 0/1?

Question

Is !!(x) guaranteed by the standard to return 0/1?

Note that I am not asking about c++, where a bool type is defined.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8617090/double-negation-in-c-is-it-guaranteed-to-return-0-1

Answer 1

Yes, in C99, see §6.5.3.3/4:

The result of the logical negation operator ! is 0 if the value of its operand compares unequal to 0, 1 if the value of its operand compares equal to 0. The result has type int. The expression !E is equivalent to (0==E).

So !x and !!y can only yield 0 or 1, as ints.

For other operators, in C99, see also Is the "true" result of >, <, !, &&, || or == defined?