Common operator notation: Difference between revisions

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Note that, contrary to popular belief, prefix and postfix operators do not necessarily have higher precedence than all infix operators. For example, if the prefix operator 'sin' is given a precedence between that of '+' and '×',

:<math>\sin 4×34 \cdot 3+2 = ((\sin(4×34 \cdot 3)) + 2)</math>

not

:<math>(((\sin 4) ×\cdot 3) + 2)</math>

or

:<math>\sin(((4×34 \cdot 3)+2))</math>

The rules for expression evaluation are simple: