Altering Precedence

Precedence is altered by grouping characters as follows:

• Within parentheses, expansion or execution of operations is resolved before other expansions regardless of operator precedence.

• Within parentheses, precedence of operators is maintained during evaluation of expressions.

• Within parentheses, expansion operators are not applied to expressions unless the operators are also within the parentheses.

  See Also: “Grouping Characters” in Special Characters in Oracle Text Queries