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Python: Mathematical Order of Operations

Python
  1. Introduction to Python
  2. Python: Choosing a Text Editor or IDE
  3. Python: Hello World
  4. Python: Variables, Strings and Numbers
  5. Python: Variable Naming
  6. Python: Math, Familiar
  7. Python: Math, Less Familiar
  8. Python: Mathematical Order of Operations
  9. Python: Introducing PEP 8
  10. Python: Text Concatenation
  11. Python: if Statements and Comparison Operators
  12. Python: else and elif statements
  13. Python: Testing Multiple Conditions
  14. Python: Testing Sets of Conditions
  15. Python: Nested if Statements
  16. Python: Lists
  17. Python: Adding To and Changing Lists
  18. Python: Lists: Take a Slice, Delete Elements, Popping Elements
  19. Python: Tuples
  20. Python: for Loops
  21. Python: Nested for Loops
  22. Python: Capturing and Formatting User Input
  23. Python: Dictionaries
  24. Python: Functions
  25. Python: While Loops
  26. Python: Creating and Using Classes
  27. Python: Data Files
  28. Python: Modules
  29. Python: CSV Files
  30. Python: JSON Files
  31. Python: Errors and Exception Handling
  32. Python: Using Pexpect
  33. Python : Using Pexpect : ftpTestOffload.sh
  34. Python : Using Pexpect: ftpTest.py
  35. Python: DCL Conversion to Python

Go to Chapter 7 of A Smarter Way.

Note the example:

total_cost = 1 + 3 * 4

You’ll recall from grade school that in equations like this, multiplication (or division) is done first, then addition (or subtraction).

To change this, use parentheses (parens):

total_cost = 1 + (3 * 4)

You can embed parens inside other parens, too:

total_cost = ((2 * 4) * 4) + 2

Exercise

Go to http://www.asmarterwaytolearn.com/python/7.html and review the exercises.