C Programming Absolute Beginner's Guide (3rd Edition)

TABLE 9.1 Order of Operators

Here is a difficult expression. All the variables and numbers are integers. See if you can figure out the
answer by the way C would evaluate the expression:

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ans = 5 + 2 * 4 / 2 % 3 + 10 - 3; /* What is the answer? */

Figure 9.1 shows how to solve for the answer, 13.

FIGURE 9.1 Solving the expression the way C would.

Tip

Don’t do too much at one time when evaluating such expressions for practice. As the