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Arduino IDE: Boolean or Logical Operators

Arduino IDE: Boolean or Logical Operators

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This tutorial discusses what are logic operators and the different types of logic operators in Arduino IDE, such as the AND operator, OR operator, and NOT operator.

Tutorial Info

Programming Platform: Arduino IDE
Difficulty: Programming Basics
Estimated Time: 2 Hrs
Arduino

Components Required

Image	Component	Quantity	Available in Kit
	evive	1	evive
	USB A-B Cable	1	evive

Introduction

Logical operators evaluate either one or two relational or logical statements. There are 3 logical operators in Arduino IDE:

Logical Operator	Operator Symbol	Example
OR	\|\|	a \|\| b
AND	&&	a && b
NOT	!	! a

Logic OR (||) Operator

Structure

(Statement 1) || (Statement2)

The logic OR operator results in true if either Statement1 or Statement2 or both are true. If both the statements are false, then it will result in false. Below is its truth table:

Statement1	Statement2	Statement1 \|\| Statemen2
0	0	0
0	1	1
1	0	1
1	1	1

Below is an example showing how to use the logic OR operator:

Serial monitor output:

Result 1: 1

Result 2: 1

Result 3: 1

Result 4: 0

Logic AND (&&) Operator

Structure

(Statement 1) && (Statement2)

The logic AND operator gives true only if both Statement 1 and Statement2 are true. If either Statement1 or Statement2 or both are false, then it will result in false. Below if the truth table:

Statement1	Statement2	Statement1 \|\| Statemen2
0	0	0
0	1	0
1	0	0
1	1	1

Below is an example showing how to use the logic AND operator:

Serial monitor output:

Result 1: 1

Result 2: 0

Result 3: 0

Result 4: 0

Logic NOT (!) Operator

Structure

! Statement

The NOT operator checks whether the Statement evaluates to 0 or not. If it is 0 it results in true; otherwise it results false.

Below is an example showing how to use the NOT operator:

Serial monitor output:

Result 1: 0

Result 2: 1

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