Sean, Yes, my reasoning if not correct; it did work out the same luckily. I know better in terms of order of operation and precedence, etc... I just blurted out my logic after realizing the novice question about evaluating the expression in the first place.
Its not my logic that is strange, its me in genenral. :-D Mike -----Original Message----- From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 11:02 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: clarification On Saturday, Aug 9, 2003, at 17:59 US/Pacific, Michael T. Tangorre wrote: > Oh crap.. I see it! The answer's right but your logic is a little strange: > 5 * 1 + 1 - 1 Since * is highest precedence than + or - this is equivalent to: ( 5 * 1 ) + 1 - 1 which is: 5 + 1 - 1 (which is 5) Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
