/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb DCL Tips, Expression, Arithmetic  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 The operator with the highest precedence in an expression is
 evaluated first. Following this, the next highest operator is
 evaluated, and so on. Operators with the same precedence are
 evaluated from left to right, as they appear in the expression.

    Operator  Precedence Description

    *         6          Arithmetic multiplication
    /         6          Arithmetic division
    +         5          Arithmetic plus
    -         5          Arithmetic minus
    .EQ.      4          Arithmetic equal
    .GE.      4          Arithmetic greater than or equal
    .GT.      4          Arithmetic greater than
    .LE.      4          Arithmetic less than or equal
    .LT.      4          Arithmetic less than
    .NE.      4          Arithmetic not equal
    .NOT.     3          Logical NOT
    .AND.     2          Logical AND
    .OR.      1          Logical OR