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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.

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 Then result is

True True True

True False True

True Null True

False True True

False False False

False Null Null

Null True True

Null False Null

Null Null Null

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 Then result is

0 0 0

0 1 1

1 0 1

1 1 1

.