Abbreviated Java Operator Precedence Table

1. Grouping with parentheses:
   (<expression>)
   
   
2. Unary operators:
   +x, -x
   (<type>) x
   x++, ++x
   x--, --x
   !x
   
   
3. Multiplication and division operators:
   x * y
   x / y
   x % y
   
   
4. Addition and subtraction operators:
   x + y
   x - y
   
   
5. Less-than and greater-than relational operators:
   x < y, x > y
   x <= y, x >= y
   
   
6. Equality operators:
   x == y
   x != y
   
   
7. "and" logical operator:
   x && y
   
   
8. "or" logical operator:
   x || y
   
   
9. Conditional operator: (R to L associativity)
   x ? y : z
   
   
10. Assignment operators: (R to L associativity)
    =
    +=, -+
    *=, /=, %=
    
    

The operator groups at the top of the list have higher precedence than the operator groups at the bottom of the list. All operators within a particular group have equal precedence. Most of the operators have left-to-right associativity. That means that if an expression has two or more same-precedence operators, then the ones at the left should be performed before the ones at the right. The operators that say "R to L associativity" have right-to-left associativity. That means that if an expression has two or more same-precedence operators, then the ones at the right should be performed before the ones at the left.

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