C++ operators ^=, <<=, >>= misinterpreted

Question

I write a list of C/C++ operators of the following form : \texttt{operator+=}, \texttt{operator-=}, \texttt{operator*=}...

The problem is that \texttt{operator\^=}, \texttt{operator>>=}, \texttt{operator<<=} are interpreted by latex and are not rendered as the other ones.

How to solve this problem ?

Answer 1

You can use \verb|operator^=| to print text verbatim.

Or with the listings package you can use \lstinline|^=| to set verbatim text.

If you do this a lot, you can use the command \lstMakeShortInline| to allow you to just type |^=| to set these things. You need to pick a character that won't appear inside your verbatim text. That is, you couldn't do \lstMakeShortInline* if you had verbatim text that included the * character.

Answer 2

Try to use \verb or escape it like \texttt{operator\^{}=}.