Operator Precedence

Contrary to other languages, MUMPS reads a mathematical sequence from left to right and disregards order of operations.

For example:

SET x=2+6/2

WRITE x

x=4 (not 5)

This may take a little getting used to for some; however, parentheses take precedence in a sequence. You can use them to override the left to right precedence.

To use the previous example:

SET x=2+(6/2)

WRITE x

x=5

Material prepared from M Programming Book [WALTERS1997]

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