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The weird result

Why does the following code outputs 8: #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cout<< 3/3+7; return 0; }

14th Jan 2017, 5:31 PM
Emanuel Dajti
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7 Answers
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3/3=1 1+7=8 operations like */% are carried out before +-
14th Jan 2017, 5:34 PM
Frost
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8
14th Jan 2017, 5:33 PM
Frost
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3/3+7 -> 1+7 -> 8 (operations on left are executed first)
14th Jan 2017, 5:34 PM
Valen.H. ~
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/ has higher precedence than + . So 3/3=1 and 1+7= 8.
14th Jan 2017, 5:47 PM
Mr.Robot
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+ 4
Ok but why
14th Jan 2017, 5:33 PM
Emanuel Dajti
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I should have thought about it..Thanks
14th Jan 2017, 5:35 PM
Emanuel Dajti
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BODMAS Rule comes into picture (Brackets of division, multiplication, addition, subtraction)
14th Jan 2017, 5:50 PM
Akshay S A