<h1 id="precedence-rules-for-logical-and-relational-operators"><a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#precedence-rules-for-logical-and-relational-operators"></a>Precedence Rules for Logical and Relational Operators</h1>























































<table><thead><tr><th>Convention</th><th>Description</th><th>Explanation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>( )</code></td><td>Items within parentheses are evaluated first.</td><td>In !(age > 16), age > 16 is evaluated first, then the logical NOT.</td></tr><tr><td><code>!</code></td><td>Next to be evaluated is !.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>* / % + -</code></td><td>Arithmetic operator are then evaluated using the precedence rules for those operators.</td><td>z - 45 &#x3C; 53 is evaluated as (z - 45) &#x3C; 53.</td></tr><tr><td><code>&#x3C; &#x3C;= > >=</code></td><td>Then, relational operators &#x3C; &#x3C;= > >= are evaluated.</td><td>x &#x3C; 2 || x >= 10 is evaluated as (x &#x3C; 2) || (x >= 10) because &#x3C; and >= have precedence over ||.</td></tr><tr><td><code>==   !=</code></td><td>Then, the equality and inequality operators == != are evaluated.</td><td>x == 0 &#x26;&#x26; x >= 10 is evaluated as (x == 0) &#x26;&#x26; (x >= 10) because &#x3C; and >= have precedence over &#x26;&#x3C;.</td></tr><tr><td><code>&#x26;</code></td><td>Then, the bitwise AND operator is evaluated.</td><td>x == 5 | y == 10 &#x26; z != 10 is evaluated as (x == 5) | ((y == 10) &#x26; (z != 10)) because &#x26; has precedence over |.</td></tr><tr><td>|</td><td>Then, the bitwise OR operator is evaluated.</td><td>x == 5 | y == 10 &#x26;&#x26; z != 10 is evaluated as ((x == 5) | (y == 10)) &#x26;&#x26; (z != 10)) because | has precedence over &#x26;&#x26;.</td></tr><tr><td><code>&#x26;&#x26;</code></td><td>Then, the logical AND operator is evaluated.</td><td>x == 5 || y == 10 &#x26;&#x26; z != 10 is evaluated as (x == 5) || ((y == 10) &#x26;&#x26; (z != 10)) because &#x26;&#x26; has precedence over ||.</td></tr><tr><td>||</td><td>Finally, the logical OR operator is evaluated.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Precedence Rules for Logical and Relational Operators


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Convention	Description	Explanation
`( )`	Items within parentheses are evaluated first.	In !(age > 16), age > 16 is evaluated first, then the logical NOT.
`!`	Next to be evaluated is !.
`* / % + -`	Arithmetic operator are then evaluated using the precedence rules for those operators.	z - 45 < 53 is evaluated as (z - 45) < 53.
`< <= > >=`	Then, relational operators < <= > >= are evaluated.	x < 2 \|\| x >= 10 is evaluated as (x < 2) \|\| (x >= 10) because < and >= have precedence over \|\|.
`== !=`	Then, the equality and inequality operators == != are evaluated.	x == 0 && x >= 10 is evaluated as (x == 0) && (x >= 10) because < and >= have precedence over &<.
`&`	Then, the bitwise AND operator is evaluated.	x == 5 \| y == 10 & z != 10 is evaluated as (x == 5) \| ((y == 10) & (z != 10)) because & has precedence over \|.
\|	Then, the bitwise OR operator is evaluated.	x == 5 \| y == 10 && z != 10 is evaluated as ((x == 5) \| (y == 10)) && (z != 10)) because \| has precedence over &&.
`&&`	Then, the logical AND operator is evaluated.	x == 5 \|\| y == 10 && z != 10 is evaluated as (x == 5) \|\| ((y == 10) && (z != 10)) because && has precedence over \|\|.
\|\|	Finally, the logical OR operator is evaluated.