# Precedence and associativity
**Order of evaluation** refers to the operator `precedence and associativity rules` according to which mathematical expressions are evaluated. 
## Same precedence
Operators in the `same row` have the `same precedence`. The compiler will evaluate them in any order. 

>It may choose another order when the same expression is evaluated again, but this will not affect the evaluated answer. 

## Different precedence
Operators in different rows have different precedence. `Rows are in order of decreasing precedence`. This means that below a given row, any operator in the lower rows will have lower precedence than the operators in the highest row.

# Altering the order
The order of precedence can be altered by using `parentheses` around the parts of the mathematical expression that needs to be evaluated first. 

# Table of the order of evaluation
The order of evaluation in C is illustrated in the following figure:
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#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
  int answer_1 = 0; // stores order evaluated answer
  int answer_2 = 0; // stores left to right evaluation
  
  answer_1 = 2 * 3 + 4 / 2;
  answer_2 = 2 * (3 + 4) / 2;

  printf("Answer with order of evaluation: %d\n", answer_1);
  printf("Answer without order of evaluation: %d\n", answer_2);

  return 0;
}

What is the order of evaluation in C?

Precedence and associativity Order of evaluation refers to the operator precedence and associativity rules according to which mathematical expressions are evaluated. Same precedence Operators in the same row have the same precedence. The compiler will evaluate them in any order.  It may choose another order when the same expression is evaluated again, but this will not affect the evaluated answer.  Different precedence Operators in different rows have different precedence. Rows are in order of decreasing precedence. This means that below a given row, any operator in the lower rows will have lower precedence than the operators in the highest row. Altering the order The order of precedence can be altered by using parentheses around the parts of the mathematical expression that needs to be evaluated first. Table of the order of evaluation The order of evaluation in C is illustrated in the following figure:  