Boolean Expressions

Last modified: September 5, 2024

Introduction

Boolean expressions can be used to perform logical operations that return either true or false.

The and operator checks two Boolean expressions and only returns true if both of the expressions are true.

The examples below illustrate which value the expression returns:

If you use the following input:
```
(6 > 4) and (3 < 5)
```
The output is true because both of the expressions are true.
If you use the following input:
```
('hello' = 'hallo') and (3 < 5)
```
The output is false, because only the second expression is true.

The or operator combines two Boolean expressions, and returns true if at least one of the expressions is true.

The examples below illustrate which value the expression returns:

You have an entity called product that has the price attribute of the integer type. The price attribute equals 3, and you have another attribute called recommendedPrice that equals 2.

If you use the following input:
```
($product/price < $product/recommendedPrice : 2) or ($product/price > 0)
```
The expression will return true because at least one of the expressions is true (the second one). Note that the expression would still return true if both statements had been true.
If you use the following input:
```
('hello' = 'nothello') or ('byebye' = 'stillnotbyebye')
```
The expression will return false, because both expressions are false.

The not operator negates the specified Boolean expression.

An expression of type Boolean.

Returns the negation of the specified expression. If the expression evaluates to true, it returns false; and vice versa.

The examples below illustrate which value the expression returns:

If you use the following input:
```
not('hello' = 'hallo')
```
The expression will return true .
If you use the following input:
```
not(true)
```
The expression will return false .