# Why does auto format remove my parentheses

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-auto-format-remove-my-parentheses/300810>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 28, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-auto-format-remove-my-parentheses/300810 "2009-11-28T05:28:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![OMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OMG)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-auto-format-remove-my-parentheses/300810/1 "2009-11-28T05:28:46Z")

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took me like 20 minutes to get why my code is not functionning…  
this line:  
tempRef.x=(limitL-dist-tempRef.width/2)+(tempRef.width+dist)\*(i+1);

after auto format becomes like this:  
tempRef.x=limitL-dist-tempRef.width/2+tempRef.width+dist\*i+1;

that’s not the same thing at all…may I know why this is happening?