Syntax

set myBoolean to (firstVal and secondVal)

Return value

boolean; true or false

Description

and is a logical operator that takes two operands. Both operands have to be boolean values, true or false. Both operands have to evaluate to true for the entire and expression to return true. If the first operand (the one on the left of the and operator) evaluates to false, then the second operand is not evaluated, because the and expression returns false if any of its operands is false (the expression is "short-circuited"). The and operator does not have any equivalent symbols ("&," "&&"), as in Perl or JavaScript. Table 4-2 shows the different combinations that you can use with and and the resulting expression values.

Table 4-2. Return Values of Expressions Using the and Operator

and Expression	Return Value
true and true	true
true and false	false
false and true	false; second expression is not evaluated
false and false	false; second expression is not evaluated