Order of precedence for logical operations with parentheses.

Question

Do the parentheses have higher precedence than logical operators in a boolean expression in Java.

For Example:

Is (x>0 || x<10) && y<0 the same as (x>0 || (x<10 && y<0))?

Answer 1

Yes, the parentheses have higher precedence than logical operators in a boolean expression in Java.

The examples you have provided are not the same.

In the first case, you are saying that if the first condition is true OR the other condition is true then return true. If the third condition which is out of parenthesis is false then the whole statement will return false.

In the second case, if the first condition which is out of parentheses is true then it will give output as true without checking the next conditions.

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