>>David,
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>>>AND has precedence over OR ( the opposite to Pascal I suspect )
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>>In all the computer languages I've ever worked in, including Pascal, AND has always precedence over OR
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>That's true. Mainly because this is the mathematical rule. :) Maybe it was about Blaise Pascal? :)
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>Vlad

Vlad,

Can you show me an example of AND getting evaluated before OR is when the OR is to the left of the AND?

If I ask ? 5 + 2 * 7 the reply is 19 because the * is done before the + due to precedence. But if I ask ? a OR b AND c and a is true the AND never gets evaluated, if I put the and first then the and gets done first. It certainly appears that the expression is being evaled from left to right regardless of teh and/or distribution.