TAL Programmer's Guide

Precedence of Operators

Using Expressions

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Table 5-8. Precedence of Operators (Page 2 of 2)

Operator Operation Precedence

'<' Unsigned less than 5

'=' Unsigned equal to 5

'>' Unsigned greater than 5

'<=' Unsigned less than or equal to 5

'>=' Unsigned greater than or equal to 5

'<>' Unsigned not equal to 5

NOT Boolean negation 6

AND Boolean conjunction 7

OR Boolean disjunction 8

:= Assignment 9

.<...> := Bit deposit

Described in the TAL Reference Manual.

You can use parentheses to override the precedence of operators. You can nest the

parenthesized operations. The compiler evaluates nested parenthesized operations

outward starting with the innermost level. Here are examples:

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c * (a + b)

Result

c * ((a + b) / d)

Result

(a OR b) AND c

Result