Addition operator +

The + (addition) operator yields the sum of its operands.

The following table lists the vector data types accepted as the operands, and the corresponding returned vector data types:

Table 1. Accepted vector data types for addition operator +
Result types	Left operand types	Right operand types
vector signed char	vector signed char	vector signed char
	vector signed char	vector bool char
	vector bool char	vector signed char
vector unsigned char	vector unsigned char	vector unsigned char
	vector unsigned char	vector bool char
	vector bool char	vector unsigned char
vector signed short	vector signed short	vector signed short
	vector signed short	vector bool short
	vector bool short	vector signed short
vector unsigned short	vector unsigned short	vector unsigned short
	vector unsigned short	vector bool short
	vector bool short	vector unsigned short
vector signed int	vector signed int	vector signed int
	vector signed int	vector bool int
	vector bool int	vector signed int
vector unsigned int	vector unsigned int	vector unsigned int
	vector unsigned int	vector bool int
	vector bool int	vector unsigned int
vector signed long long	vector signed long long	vector signed long long
vector unsigned long long	vector unsigned long long	vector unsigned long long
vector double	vector double	vector double