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BODMAS

Brackets
Other (powers etc)
Division
Multiply
Add
Subtract

On 7/1/06, Steven Lumos <steven / lumos.us> wrote:
>
> ara.t.howard / noaa.gov writes:
>
> > On Sat, 1 Jul 2006, Dark Ambient wrote:
> >
> >> Just checking
> >>
> >> if I have
> >>
> >> a   - b*c
> >>
> >> b*c gets calculated first then that result is subtracted from a ?
> >> In other words, parantheses, in Ruby, is not necessary to make that
> >> calculation ?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >> Stuart
> >
> > My Dear Aunt Sally
> >
> > 1 - multiply
> > 2 - divide
> > 3 - add
> > 4 - substract
> >
> > regards.
> >
> > -a
> > --
> > suffering increases your inner strength.  also, the wishing for
> suffering
> > makes the suffering disappear.
> > - h.h. the 14th dali lama
>
> Actually more like
>
> 1 - multiply and divide
> 2 - add and subtract
>
> Steve
>
>
>

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