Java Garage

Operator Precedence

The compiler will follow certain rules when determining how to execute a mathematical statement containing multiple operators.

Lucky for us, they are the standard rules regarding operator precedence:

1. Operators inside parentheses are evaluated first.

2. Multiplication and division (left to right).

3. Addition and subtraction (left to right).

The following code illustrates these concepts.

OpPrecedence.java

public class OpPrecedence {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      short x = 10 + 9 / 3 * 2 - 5 + (4 - 2);
      System.out.println(x);
   }
}

That code is a complete class that you can type in, compile, and run. I know we haven't talked about classes yet, but I'm going to try to do that a lot so you can get comfortable typing the code ...