OR

Description

Used to perform a logical disjunction on two expressions.

Syntax

result = expression1 OR expression2

The OR operator syntax has these parts:

Part	Description

result

Any numeric variable.

expression1

Any expression.

expression2

Any expression.

Returns

Number

Remarks

If either or both expressions evaluate to True, result is True. The following table illustrates how result is determined:

If expression1 is	And expression2 is	The result is
True	True	True
True	False	True
False	True	True
False	False	False

The OR operator also performs a bitwise comparison of identically positioned bits in two numeric expressions and sets the corresponding bit in result according to the following table:

If bit in expression1 is	And bit in expression2 is	The result is
1	1	1
1	0	1
0	1	1
0	0	0

Restrictions