Yes, David, and I think that all sums it up nicely.

Cheers,

Jim N

>Jim
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>The only things I'd add are:
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>1) The precedence of NOT is higher than AND
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>2) VFP optimization may mean the entire logical expression is not evaluated
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>>David,
>>So what's your final answewr here?
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>>Mine is, and has always been, that:
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>>1) Precedence applys to the attachment of operands to operators, which clearly has to be done *first* before the expression can be evaluated.
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>>2) The evaluation of the expression proceeds from left to right in every case.
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>>3) Parenthesis are invaluable in limiting confusion - we haven't yet talked about good old "NOT", which really gums things up.
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>>Is that what you summarize it to be, or do you have some different take?