order of precedence

[payal sharma]

public class jd{
public static void main(String a[]){
int x=0;
booloan b1=b2=b3=b4=true;
x=(b1 | b2 & b3 ^ b4) ? x++ : --x;
System.out.println(x);
}
}
please tell me where to begin while solving these problems
thanks in advance
payal

[Manfred Leonhardt]

Hi Payal,
The precedence order is:
Bitwise/boolean AND
Bitwise/boolean XOR
Bitwise/boolean OR
So your example would be like:
x = (b1 | ((b2 & b3) ^ b4))
First: b2 & b3 = f1
Second: f1 ^ b4 = f2
Third: b1 | f2
Regards,
Manfred.