Re: operator precedence confusion

[Mike McClain]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 03:51:11PM -0400, Lawrence Vel??zquez wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Mike McClain wrote:
> > $ help let says:
> > The following list of operators is grouped into levels of
> > equal-precedence operators.
> > The levels are listed in order of decreasing precedence.
> >
> >         id++, id--      variable post-increment, post-decrement
> >         ++id, --id      variable pre-increment, pre-decrement
> >         -, +            unary minus, plus
> >         !, ~            logical and bitwise negation
> >         **              exponentiation
> >         *, /, %         multiplication, division, remainder
> >         .
> >         .
> >         .
> >
> > Hence plus(+) has higher precedence than multiplication(*).
>
> *Unary* plus has higher precedence -- i.e., the positive sign.
> You cut off the help text right at the relevant part:
>
>       *, /, %         multiplication, division, remainder
>       +, -            addition, subtraction
>
> --
> vq

You are absolutely correct sir.
Again I've got egg on my face, not an uncommon occurance.
I saw what I expected to see.

Thanks,
Mike
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