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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <html><head><title>And-Operator [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03060100"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css">
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  6.         p.P2{
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  13.   <help:to-be-embedded Eid="and" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">
  14.   <p class="Head1"><help:link Id="66434">And-Operator [Runtime]</help:link></p>
  15.   <p class="Paragraph">Used to perform a logical combination of two expressions.</p>
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  17.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Syntax</span>:</p>
  18.   <p class="Paragraph">Result = Expression1 And Expression2 <help:key-word value="And" tag="kw66434_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
  19.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Parameter</span>:</p>
  20.   <p class="Paragraph">Result : Any numeric variable that records the result of the combination.</p>
  21.   <p class="Paragraph">Expression1, Expression2 : Any expressions to be combined.</p>
  22.   <p class="Paragraph">Boolean expressions combined with AND only return the value <span class="T1">True</span> if both expressions evaluate to <span class="T1">True</span>:</p>
  23.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">True</span> AND <span class="T1">True</span> returns <span class="T1">True</span>; for all other combinations the result is <span class="T1">False</span>.</p>
  24.   <p class="Paragraph">The AND operator also performs a bitwise comparison of identically positioned bits in two numeric expressions.</p>
  25.   <p class="P2">Example:</p>
  26.   <p class="PropText">Sub ExampleAnd</p>
  27.   <p class="PropText">Dim vA as Variant, vB as Variant, vC as Variant, vD as Variant</p>
  28.   <p class="PropText">Dim vVarOut as Variant</p>
  29.   <p class="PropText">A = 10: B = 8: C = 6: D = Null</p>
  30.   <p class="PropText">vVarOut = A > B And B > C <text:s text:c="2" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>REM returns -1</p>
  31.   <p class="PropText">vVarOut = B > A And B > C <text:s text:c="2" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>REM returns 0</p>
  32.   <p class="PropText">vVarOut = A > B And B > D <text:s text:c="2" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>REM returns -1</p>
  33.   <p class="PropText">vVarOut = (B > D And B > A) REM returns 0</p>
  34.   <p class="PropText">vVarOut = B And A <text:s text:c="10" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>REM returns 8 due to the bitwise AND combination of both arguments</p>
  35.   <p class="PropText">End Sub</p>
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