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PrecedenceForm
  • PrecedenceForm[ expr , prec ] prints with expr parenthesized as it would be if it contained an operator with precedence prec.
  • prec must be an integer. See notes for Infix.
  • Example: a + PrecedenceForm[b c, 10].
  • PrecedenceForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation.
  • See the Mathematica book: Section 2.8.16.

    Further Examples

    Here is an expression with a new infix operator.

    In[1]:=

    Out[1]=

    Parentheses are added around the expression depending on the size of the second argument of PrecedenceForm.

    In[2]:=

    Out[2]=

    In[3]:=

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