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As you go down the list of operators, the operators bind more tightly to their arguments. Binding tells the compiler which expressions to evaluate first in a complex statement. Tightly bound operators are evaluated before more loosely bound operators. Practically this means the expressions are evaluated as follows:
•A + B * C is regarded as A + (B * C)
•A eq B or C eq D is regarded as (A eq B) or (C eq D
Expressions bind tighter toward the left, e.g.:
•A / B * C is considered as (A / B) * C
You may use parentheses to force other binding, e.g.:
•(A + B) * C
•A / (B * C)
If you have programmed in C, Pascal, or Fortran, this should look familiar.