[LauraP]

If you have a C program where no matter if you calculate the output from left to right or right to left it calcuates the same output, but when you calculate the output from left to right and right to left with paper and pencil and you get a different output. Why is that?

[Iron_Cross]

That was more confusing than I'd ever seen. Please show us some code or explain a little more.

[sippin codeine]

LOL, calculate what output? like cross said elaborate a little more.

[Cherubimon_3.20]

I think what he's trying to say is that the computer will calculate the output in order of BEDMAS: Brackets, Exponents. Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.

[sithspawn]

i thought it was BIMDAS

Brackets, Indices, Mult, Div, Add, Sub

of course its exactly the same except mult and div.

[Iron_Cross]

PEMDAS
Parenthesis, Exponents, Multi, Div, Add, Sub

[Cherubimon_3.20]

Thats what I said except you call it Parenthesis instead of Brackets.