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minus-squareKarjalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoI assume p is for “parentheses”, because where I grew up it was BEDMAS, for brackets.
minus-squarelillardfair@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoBlease Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
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minus-squareNotSteve_@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI was taught BEDMAS as well in school (Ontario, Canada)
minus-squareJargonWagon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYes, indeed - it encompasses parantheses, brackets, and braces.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoBODMAS or BOMDAS in Australia since we call ordinals ordinals Brackets have pretty much always been needed to disambiguate precedence between addition and subtraction (which is really all addition) and between multiplication and division
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month ago Brackets have pretty much always been needed No they aren’t. Addition and Subtraction in any order, Multiplication and Division in any order. Only needs brackets if the order matters
I assume p is for “parentheses”, because where I grew up it was BEDMAS, for brackets.
Blease Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Blease Excuse Dear My Aunt Sally
I was taught BEDMAS as well in school (Ontario, Canada)
Yes, indeed - it encompasses parantheses, brackets, and braces.
BODMAS or BOMDAS in Australia since we call ordinals ordinals
Brackets have pretty much always been needed to disambiguate precedence between addition and subtraction (which is really all addition) and between multiplication and division
No they aren’t. Addition and Subtraction in any order, Multiplication and Division in any order. Only needs brackets if the order matters