Precedence and associativity

If you combine several operands with different operators, the operator precedence defines in which order BI# performs the operations. For example, BI# interprets x + y * z as x + (y * z), because the operator * has a higher precedence than the operator +.

This table lists all operators that are sorted by their precedence from the highest to the lowest:

Operators	Function
+ - !	Unary
* / %	Multiplicative
+ -	Additive
< > <= >=	Relational
== !=	Equality
&	Binary AND
^	Binary XOR
|	Binary OR
and	Logical AND
or	Logical OR
=	Assignment

Associativity controls the order of operations, if you combine several operands with the same operator. For example, BI# interprets x + y + z as (x + y) + z, because the +-operator is left-associative. At the moment all operators in BI# are left-associative.

You can always change precedence and associativity, if you use parentheses as in (x + y) * z, for example.