WOLFRAM

Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center

PrecedenceForm[expr,prec]

prints with expr parenthesized as it would be if it contained an operator with precedence prec.

Details
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Scope  
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Cite this Page

PrecedenceForm

PrecedenceForm[expr,prec]

prints with expr parenthesized as it would be if it contained an operator with precedence prec.

Details

  • prec must be an integer. See notes for Infix.

Examples

open all close all

Basic Examples  (1)

Force parenthesization by lowering the effective precedence of multiplication:

Wolfram Language code: a + PrecedenceForm[b c, 10]

Scope  (1)

Define an operator |> using Infix:

Wolfram Language code: s = Infix[{a, b}, "|>"]

Give the operator precedence higher than Plus but lower than Times:

Wolfram Language code: PrecedenceForm[s, 350] + y
Wolfram Language code: PrecedenceForm[s, 350] y

Give the operator precedence higher than both Plus and Times:

Wolfram Language code: PrecedenceForm[s, 500] + y
Wolfram Language code: PrecedenceForm[s, 500] y

Give the operator lowest precedence:

Wolfram Language code: PrecedenceForm[s, 1] + y
Wolfram Language code: PrecedenceForm[s, 1] y
Wolfram Research (1988), PrecedenceForm, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrecedenceForm.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1988), PrecedenceForm, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrecedenceForm.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1988. "PrecedenceForm." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrecedenceForm.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1988). PrecedenceForm. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrecedenceForm.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_precedenceform, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PrecedenceForm}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrecedenceForm.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_precedenceform, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PrecedenceForm}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrecedenceForm.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}