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Precedence

Precedence determines how operators in expressions are grouped.

Related concepts:  OperatorExpressionAssociativity

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Order of operations

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Types and Programming Languages - Section 2.2.6

Misconceptions about Precedence
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ArithmeticPlusPrecedes — Java
Addition has higher precedence than string concatenation
Misconception
NoFunctionCallsChaining — JavaScript
It is not allowed to chain function calls

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