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COM1100
Winter2000 Yuhong Yin Northeastern University
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Operator Precedence & Associativity
nIn the absence of parentheses, expressions containing multiple operators evaluated by the priority, or precedence,
of the operators
n(high->low)
nUnary –
n* / % left
to right
n+ - left
to right
nExample
n8 + 5 * 7 % 2 * 4
= 8 + 35 % 2 *
4
= 8 + 1 * 4 = 8
+ 4 = 12