What does left-to-right associativity mean?

Question

I am confused about the definition of left-to-right and right-to-left associativity. I have also seen them called left associativity and right associativity and would like t

Answer 1

Simplest and most non-tl;dr answer I found:

In most programming languages, the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division operators are left-associative, while the assignment, conditional, and exponentiation operators are right associative.

thanks to: http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/assooper.htm