topic Why the order of execution is changing here? (SAS follows the standard mathematical rules of precedence: SAS performs exponentiation first, then multiplication and division, followed by addition and subtraction) in SAS Data Science https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-the-order-of-execution-is-changing-here-SAS-follows-the/m-p/96892#M780 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>100&nbsp; data _null_;</P><P>101&nbsp; x=12/15*100;</P><P>102&nbsp; put x=;</P><P>103&nbsp; run;</P><P></P><P>x=80</P><P>NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; real time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.00 seconds</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; cpu time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.00 seconds</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:27:03 GMT devarayalu 2012-07-02T10:27:03Z Why the order of execution is changing here? (SAS follows the standard mathematical rules of precedence: SAS performs exponentiation first, then multiplication and division, followed by addition and subtraction) https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-the-order-of-execution-is-changing-here-SAS-follows-the/m-p/96892#M780 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>100&nbsp; data _null_;</P><P>101&nbsp; x=12/15*100;</P><P>102&nbsp; put x=;</P><P>103&nbsp; run;</P><P></P><P>x=80</P><P>NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; real time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.00 seconds</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; cpu time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.00 seconds</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:27:03 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-the-order-of-execution-is-changing-here-SAS-follows-the/m-p/96892#M780 devarayalu 2012-07-02T10:27:03Z Re: Why the order of execution is changing here? (SAS follows the standard mathematical rules of precedence: SAS performs exponentiation first, then multiplication and division, followed by addition and subtraction) https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-the-order-of-execution-is-changing-here-SAS-follows-the/m-p/96893#M781 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Order of operations followed here. Multiplication and division have the same precedence in which case operations performed from left to right.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:34:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Why-the-order-of-execution-is-changing-here-SAS-follows-the/m-p/96893#M781 Alpay 2012-07-02T10:34:27Z