From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-07-01T04:23:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Order of precedence

On Sat, 1 Jul 2006, 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

My Dear Aunt Sally

1 - multiply
2 - divide
3 - add
4 - substract

regards.

-a
-- 
suffering increases your inner strength.  also, the wishing for suffering
makes the suffering disappear.
- h.h. the 14th dali lama