Atari 800

Introduction to Atari BASIC 53
Table 3-1. Order of Evaluation
Operator Description
Parentheses
( ) Used to alter order
of evaluation.
A
Ex ponentiation
-
Unary Minus
Arithmetic
*
Multiplication
Operators / Division
+
Addition
-
Subtraction
=
Equal To
-<>
Not Equa l To
Relational
-<
Less Than
Operators
>
Greater Than
-<=
Less Than or Equal To
>=
Greater Than or Equal To
Boolean
NOT
Logical Complement
Operators
AND Logi ca l AND
OR Logical OR
Arithmetic Operations
The
symbols used for add iti on, s ubtraction, multiplication ,
d ivision, and exponen ti atio n are known as arithmetic operators
in
BASIC. Th e sy mb ols + a nd - are used for addition and
subtraction respective l y. The asterik (*) is us ed to indi ca te
multipli cat ion , w hile the slash (/ ) is us ed to indicate division .
Wh en a + or - sig n pr ecedes a numb er, the symbol is u se d to
specify that numb er's sign. When + or - is u se d to c hang e a