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The And keyword is used in two different ways:
1. To perform a logical or boolean 'and' of two logical values. If both are true, then the result is true, otherwise, the result is false.
2. To perform a mathematical 'and' of two integers. The result is a bitwise 'and' of the two numbers. For example:
10110001 And 01100110 = 00100000
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If the boolean expression is calculated (as opposed to being a Boolean variable), then brackets are required to isolate it.
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Related commands |
Not |
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Boolean Not or bitwise not of one arguments |
Or |
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Boolean or or bitwise or of two arguments |
Xor |
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Boolean Xor or bitwise Xor of two arguments |
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Example code : Illustrate both types of and usage |
var
num1, num2, num3 : Integer;
letter : Char;
begin num1 := $25; // Binary value : 0010 0101 num2 := $32; // Binary value : 0011 0010 // And'ed value : 0010 0000 = $20 = 32 dec
letter := 'G';
// And used to return a Boolean value
if (num1 > 0) And (letter = 'G')
then ShowMessage('Both values are true')
else ShowMessage('None or only one true value');
// And used to perform a mathematical AND operation
num3 := num1 And num2;
ShowMessageFmt('$25 And $32 = $%x',[num3]);
end;
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Both values are true
$25 And $32 = $20
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