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BASIC will evaluate the expression within the innermost set of
parentheses first, followed by the next innermost set, et c.
Table 3-1. Order of Evaluation
Operator Description
Parentheses
( )
Used to alter order
of evaluation.
/\
Exponentiation
-
Unary Minus
Arithmetic
*
Multiplication
Operators I
Division
+
Addition
-
Subtraction
-
Equal To
<:::::..
Not Equal To
Relational
"'
Less Than
Operators
>
Greater Than
<=
Less Than or Equal To
>=
Greater Than or
Equal To
Boolean
NOT Logical Complement
Operators
AND Logical AND
OR Logical OR
When expressions have the same order of evaluation, they will
be evaluated in order from left to right within the compound
expression.
Arithmetic Operations
The symbols used
for addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division, and exponentiation are known as arithmetic operators
in BASIC. The symbols
+ and - are used for addition and
subtraction respectively. The asterik (*) is used to indicate
multiplication , while the slash (/) is used to indicate division.