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Martel Storm
4,157 PointsI don't understand why this statement is true. Can someone please elaborate?
(!true || !false) && (true && !false)
2 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHiya,
The first parentheses evaluate to true. That's because you are comparing true with false using OR. So, because one of the two comparators is true, the whole parentheses evaluate to true.
The second parentheses also evaluate to true as you are comparing true with NOT false. So, you are comparing true (first parentheses) with true (second parentheses) using AND, which evaluates to true!
I hope that makes sense!
Steve.
andren
28,558 PointsThe ! operator essentially reverses a booleans so the first part is essentially this (false || true) since the || operator returns true if either of its conditions are true it will ultimately return true. So the expression on the left of the && operator is true. The expression on the right is essentially (true && true) and the && operator returns true if both of its conditions are true. So the result of the right expression is ultimately true.
That means that after unpacking the right and left expressions you end up with true && true which as mentioned above resolves to true.
Martel Storm
4,157 PointsMartel Storm
4,157 PointsThis answers my question wonderfully! Thank you!
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsSteve Hunter
57,712 PointsNo problem!
