Precedence

Precedence, in C#, is the rule that specifies the order in which certain operations need to be performed in an expression. For a given expression containing more than two operators, it determines which operations should be calculated first.

While the evaluation of an expression that is performed by humans starts from on the left and works toward the right, a C# expression is evaluated through operator precedence. Precedence helps to describe an expression that contains different kinds of operators without parentheses as an expression with parentheses by applying the predefined rules set by the C# Language Specification (CLS).

A C# expression is a sequence of one or more operands that are combined using operators and can also contain literal values, a method invocation, variables, etc. This type of expression can be evaluated as a single value, object or method. Precedence plays a vital role in determining the order in which an expression has to be evaluated.