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Re: AND statements [message #14577 is a reply to message #14504]

Sat, 06 March 1999 00:00

steinhh
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Registered: June 1994

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In article <O0s$q03Z#GA.227@nih2naae.prod2.compuserve.com>
"Steve Scheele" <sscheele@scitor.com> writes:

> I wrote the previous message late at night - it really wasn't what I was
> thinking. I think that compound AND statements can be concisely written as;
>
> If Not (A EQ 0) Then If B/A GT 5 Then . . .
>
> Formed in this manner, the second part will not be evaluated is the first
> part is false.

True. The "problem" is when you want to write this up into
a short and concise test with an ELSE part, you'll have to
repeat the ELSE branch:

IF NOT (A EQ 0) THEN IF B/A GT 5 THEN <SOMETHING> $
ELSE <SOMETHING_ELSE> $
ELSE <SOMETHING_ELSE>

(Where the second SOMETHING_ELSE is the same as the first one)

The ?: construct gives a more compact notation:

IF ((A EQ 0) ? 0b : B/A GT 5) THEN <SOMETHING> $
ELSE <SOMETHING_ELSE>

Personally, though, I don't like using the ?: construct
for anything but assignments, since it tends to clutter
up more complex statements..

> The problem that I have is with the OR statement. Something
> like
>
> If A EQ 0 OR B/A GT 5
>
> will blow up on A=0
>
> I haven't really figured out a good way to implement this type of OR
> statement.

IF (A EQ 0) ? 1b : B/A GT 5 THEN ...

But again, this isn't very readable...

Stein Vidar

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		AND statements By: Phil Aldis on Sun, 28 February 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 10 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: philaldis on Wed, 10 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: rmlongfield on Wed, 10 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: philaldis on Tue, 09 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: philaldis on Tue, 09 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: Martin Schultz on Mon, 08 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: steinhh on Sat, 06 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 12 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: davidf on Fri, 12 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: Kirmanta de Malher on Fri, 12 March 1999 00:00

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