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Default Expression Difference?


Try some input like:

previousSickMonth = 1
employmentMonth = 5
tempMonth = 2

With

Code:
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tempMonth = 12 - previousSickMonth - employmentMonth + tempMonth

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I got 8.

With

Code:
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tempMonth = 12 - (previousSickMonth - employmentMonth + tempMonth)

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I got 14.

But I know what the problem is, if you work out the bracklets first,
you could get an negative number. Obviously a subtract a negative
number and you get a positive number, hence the difference.

But to be honest, this is the first time I've ever experienced a
difference in two expressions that consisted of only addition and
subtraction operators.

I've always been under the impression that bracklets don't mean
anything with only addition and subtraction operators. I guess I was
wrong.


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