Scott Hill <sco### [at] ncgraphicsnet> wrote in message
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>     Most experienced programmers/scripters do - it's the safest way to get
> any language to do what _you want_, rather than what _it thinks you want_
!
> E.g, what does 1+2*3-4 evaluate to ?
>


If the rules of precedence that I remember are correct then that equals 3,
but it's
not clear from a quick look. I tend to use brackets if there are more that 3
terms
in an expression, regardless of whether they are actually needed or not.

Gail
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