precedence

Python operator precedence

Python docs say that * and / have the same precedence. I know that expressions in python are evaluated from left to right. Can i rely in that and assume that j*j/m is always equal to (j*j)/m avoiding the parentheses? If this is the case can i assume that this holds for operators with the same precedence in general? ps: The question a...

String comparison precedence in Bash

The following example will compare all files in a directory to input string ($string) and return matching filename. It is not very elegant and efficient way of accomplishing that. For speed purposes I modified for condition to only compare to files that start start with first word of $string. Problem with this script is following - I h...

What is the right precedence of the math expression

What is the correct sequence of the math operations in this expression in Java: a + b * c / ( d - e ) 1. 4 1 3 2 2. 4 2 3 1 I understand that result is the same in both answers. But I would like to fully understand the java compiler logic. What is executed first in this example - multiplication or the expr...