From: Mat Schaffer <schapht@...>
Date: 2006-07-01T02:36:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Order of precedence

On Jun 30, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Dark Ambient wrote:
> Just checking
>
> if I have
>
> a = a - b*c
>
> b*c gets calculated first then that result is subtracted from a ?
> In other words, parantheses, in Ruby, is not necessary to make that
> calculation ?
>
> TIA
> Stuart


irb says yes:

irb(main):001:0> 2 - 3 * 5
=> -13

-Mat