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minus-squareKarjalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 days agoI assume p is for “parentheses”, because where I grew up it was BEDMAS, for brackets.
minus-squareNotSteve_@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI was taught BEDMAS as well in school (Ontario, Canada)
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day 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
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minus-squareJargonWagon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYes, indeed - it encompasses parantheses, brackets, and braces.
I assume p is for “parentheses”, because where I grew up it was BEDMAS, for brackets.
I was taught BEDMAS as well in school (Ontario, Canada)
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
Blease Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Blease Excuse Dear My Aunt Sally
Yes, indeed - it encompasses parantheses, brackets, and braces.