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Operator Precedence

• The operator precedence rules for expression evaluation define the order in which "adjacent" operators of different precedence levels are evaluated ("adjacent" means they are separated by at most one operand)

• Typical precedence levels

1. parentheses

2. unary operators

3. ** (if the language supports it)

4. *, /

5. +,--

• Can be overridden with parentheses