# Confused about operator precedence for 2^3x

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/confused-about-operator-precedence-for-2-3x/8214
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**Created:** [January 7, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/confused-about-operator-precedence-for-2-3x/8214 "2018-01-07T05:11:08Z")
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### Author: ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/confused-about-operator-precedence-for-2-3x/8214/7 "2018-01-07T18:40:02Z")

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You’re correct that this doesn’t follow a normal precedence relation. Unwary operators, including juxtaposition, bind tighter than `^` on the right but looser on the left. This matches the convention of mathematical notation.

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