Operator Precedence

The precedence of an operator specifies how "tightly" it binds two expressions together. For example, in the expression 1 + 5 * 3, the answer is 16 and not 18 because the multiplication ("*") operator has a higher precedence than the addition ("+") operator. Parentheses may be used to force precedence, if necessary. For instance: (1 + 5) * 3 evaluates to 18.

The following table lists the precedence of operators with the lowest-precedence operators listed first.

Table 10-6. Operator Precedence

Associativity Operators
left ,
left or
left xor
left and
right print
left = += -= *= /= .= %= &= |= ^= ~= <<= >>=
left ? :
left ||
left &&
left |
left ^
left &
non-associative == != === !==
non-associative < <= > >=
left << >>
left + - .
left * / %
right ! ~ ++ -- (int) (double) (string) (array) (object) @
right [
non-associative new