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<h3>Operator precedence and associativity</h3>
<p>In the Stan grammar provided in this chapter, the expression <code>1 + 2 * 3</code> has two parses. As described in the <a href="arithmetic-expressions-section.html#operator-precedence-table">operator precedence
table</a>, Stan disambiguates between the meaning <span class="math inline">\(1 + (2 \times 3)\)</span> and the meaning <span class="math inline">\((1 + 2) \times 3\)</span> based on operator
precedences and associativit