Re: Operator precedence and code readability

[bel <bel2125@...>]

I'm not sure if two fraction bars with the same length/weight are even allowed.

I did not find this neither in my daughters school math books, the current home schooling platform nor in my (old) algebra book from university.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraction#Complex_and_compound_fractions):

"So 5/10/20/40 is not a valid mathematical _expression_, because of multiple possible interpretation."

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 6:29 AM Egor Skriptunoff <egor.skriptunoff@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 2:25 AM bel wrote:

> I understand your concern about "a/b*c".
> But why do you suggest writing "a/b/c" as "(a/b)/c" ?

But look at this:

               a

              ---

   a           b

-------  =  -------

   b           c

  ---

   c

... or not?

Indeed, fractions might have different priorities:

the longer the line the lower priority of the division operation.

If all the "lines" have the same "length"

for example, as in "a/b/c/d",

usual school math rules are applied:

the calculation goes from left to right.