Java Precedence Mnemonic
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Parents After Pre–Algebra Shifts (and) Compares Equations (and) answers, (eat) carrots, or (simply) bite logs if (a teacher gives an) assignment.
| Mnemonic | Operator | Type | Direction of Evaluation |
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| Parents | () [] · |
Parentheses Array subscript Member selection |
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| After | ++ – |
Unary post-increment Unary post-decrement |
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| Pre | ++ — + – ! ~ ( type ) |
Unary pre-increment Unary pre-decrement Unary plus Unary minus Unary logical negation Unary bitwise complement Unary type cast |
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| Algebra | * / % |
Multiplication Division Modulus |
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| —- | + – |
Addition Subtraction |
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| Shifts | << >> >>> |
Bitwise left shift Bitwise right shift with sign extension Bitwise right shift with zero extension |
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| Compares | < <= > >= instanceof |
Less than Less than or equal Greater than Greater than or equal Type comparison (objects only) |
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| Equations (Equally) | == != |
Is equal to Is not equal to |
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| Answers (ANDsers) | & | Bitwise AND | → |
| Carrots | ^ | Bitwise exclusive OR | → |
| Or | | | Bitwise inclusive OR | → |
| —Bite Logs— | && | Logical AND | → |
| –Bit (then) logical– | || | Logical OR | → |
| If | ? : | Ternary conditional | → |
| Assignment | = += -= *= /= %= |
Assignment Addition assignment Subtraction assignment Multiplication assignment Division assignment Modulus assignment |
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