Re: operator precedence confusion

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Mike McClain wrote:
> $ help let says:
> The following list of operators is grouped into levels of 
> equal-precedence operators.
> The levels are listed in order of decreasing precedence.
>
>         id++, id--      variable post-increment, post-decrement
>         ++id, --id      variable pre-increment, pre-decrement
>         -, +            unary minus, plus
>         !, ~            logical and bitwise negation
>         **              exponentiation
>         *, /, %         multiplication, division, remainder
>         .
>         .
>         .
>
> Hence plus(+) has higher precedence than multiplication(*).

*Unary* plus has higher precedence -- i.e., the positive sign.
You cut off the help text right at the relevant part:

        *, /, %         multiplication, division, remainder
        +, -            addition, subtraction

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vq