Commodore 16 - Page 57

NUMBERS AND
CALCULATIONS
Your computer reads this the same as it would inter
pret PRINT.
Order Of Calculation
• You can do more than one calculation in one line,
like this:
PRINT 200*50 + 5
or this:
PRINT 50+ 5*200
These nearly identical problems give completely
different answers. Your Commodore 16 always
performs calculations in a certain order:
FIRST: Your computer checks for negative
numbers (not subtraction, just negative
numbers).
SECOND: Your computer solves any exponents.
THIRD: Your computer solves all multiplication
and division, from left to right.
FOURTH: Your computer solves addition and sub
traction, from left to right.
NOTE: Your Commodore 16 always solves any
part of the problem surrounded by parentheses
first.
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