The following shows the precedence of all intrinsic and defined operators: Category Operator Precedence --------------------------------------------------- N/A Defined Unary Operators Highest Numeric ** . Numeric * or / . Numeric Unary + or - . Numeric Binary + or - . Character // . Relational .EQ.,.NE.,.LT.,.LE.,.GT.,.GE. . Logical .NOT. . Logical .AND. . Logical .OR. . Logical .XOR., .EQV., .NEQV. . N/A Defined Binary Operators Lowest