5. Logical Operations
and
| AND tf1 tf2
(AND tf1 tf2 tf3 ...)
|
outputs TRUE
if all inputs are TRUE
, otherwise FALSE
. All inputs
must be TRUE
or FALSE
. (Comparison is case-insensitive regardless
of the value of CASEIGNOREDP
. That is, true
or True
or TRUE
are all the same.) An input can be a list, in which case it is
taken as an expression to run; that expression must produce a TRUE
or FALSE
value. List expressions are evaluated from left to right;
as soon as a FALSE
value is found, the remaining inputs are not
examined. Example:
| MAKE "RESULT AND [NOT (:X = 0)] [(1 / :X) > .5]
|
to avoid the division by zero if the first part is false.
See section caseignoredp .
or
| OR tf1 tf2
(OR tf1 tf2 tf3 ...)
|
outputs TRUE
if any input is TRUE
, otherwise FALSE
. All inputs
must be TRUE
or FALSE
. (Comparison is case-insensitive regardless
of the value of CASEIGNOREDP
. That is, true
or True
or TRUE
are all the same.) An input can be a list, in which case it is
taken as an expression to run; that expression must produce a TRUE
or FALSE
value. List expressions are evaluated from left to right;
as soon as a TRUE
value is found, the remaining inputs are not
examined. Example:
| IF OR :X=0 [some.long.computation] [...]
|
to avoid the long computation if the first condition is met.
See section caseignoredp .
not
outputs TRUE
if the input is FALSE
, and vice versa. The input can be
a list, in which case it is taken as an expression to run; that
expression must produce a TRUE
or FALSE
value.
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