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Thread: about Operator Precedence

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    Smile about Operator Precedence

    [need help]

    i have a question and task about operator precedence

    1.what is the operator precedence
    2.how to use operator precedence for this :

    >> 3*10*2/15-2+4^2^2 ?
    >> a/b^c^d-e+f-g*h+i ?
    >> r^s*t/u-v+w^x-y++ ?

    so please help me i'm new in java program


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    Default Re: about Operator Precedence

    If you search for "java operator precedence", you'll find this page:
    Operators (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)

    'operator precedence' is the rule that programming languages use to decide which operators to apply first. For example 2 + 3 * 4 equals 14 (2 + (3 * 4)), not 10 ((2 * 3) + 4).
    Last edited by Sean4u; August 7th, 2011 at 05:29 AM. Reason: can't count

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    Default Re: about Operator Precedence

    To prevent confusion and mistakes, ALWAYS use ()s to isolate all the operations.

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    Default Re: about Operator Precedence

    Quote Originally Posted by Sean4u View Post
    14 (2 + (3 * 4)), not 10 ((2 * 3) + 4).
    Considering that they are 2 different equations I'm not surprised they give different results.
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    Default Re: about Operator Precedence

    So that's why I typed the wrong (right) result the first time... :facepalm:

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    Default Re: about Operator Precedence

    Last edited by diyaots; November 21st, 2011 at 04:48 AM.

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    Default Re: about Operator Precedence

    If you are good in mathematics, you can apply similar rules here.

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