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    Simple question

    Ok, I'm having some serious issues with Tutorial 2 and the whole ! and && with 0's and 1's. I got a 100% on the quiz but I don't even know how i did the evaluate this code
    Code:
     !(1&&(1||0));
    Please help, I'm utterly confused. I understand the &&, !, and ||. I know Java well but this is just wierd to me.

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    Code:
    ! (  1  && (  1  ||  0  ) );
    Starting with the inner most parenthesis. TRUE OR FALSE is TRUE, TRUE AND TRUE is TRUE, NOT TRUE is FALSE.
    Last edited by SlyMaelstrom; 03-04-2006 at 08:54 PM.
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    Ok I think I get it. One last question, if for instance I was typing a code and wanted an if statement such as..

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    if !(x==1 || x==0)
    
    {
    //do a bunch of nonsense herer
    }
    Would i recive a 1? I understand how to figure it out now though. Thanks for that.

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    1 = true
    0 = false

    so the conditional is equivalent to:
    Code:
    !(  true && (true||false)  );

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    Quote Originally Posted by mithrillegolas
    Ok I think I get it. One last question, if for instance I was typing a code and wanted an if statement such as..

    Code:
    if (!(x==1 || x==0))
    
    {
    //do a bunch of nonsense herer
    }
    Would i recive a 1?
    Well, with the outer parenthesis to make the syntax correct and assuming at least one of those comparisons is true, then the result would be false. If x didn't equal 1 and x didn't equal 0, then the result would be true.
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    Would i recive a 1?
    You wouldn't receive anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7stud
    You wouldn't receive anything.
    Well... he might receive a mild shock when he realizes it doesn't compile.
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    Errr, ok. I get it, I was more referring to the fact of 1 and 0 being pre-defined and we can't touch them. But that was a stupid assumption. I understand now.

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    If you want to see what the result of a conditional is, you can always display it:
    Code:
    int x = 10;
    cout<<(x==1 || x==0)<<endl;

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    it might also help by thinking of how logic gates work. the 8 basic logic operations (2 unary and 6 binary) implemented as inline functions would be:

    Code:
    inline
    bool
    relay(bool a)
    {
    	return a;
    }
    
    inline
    bool
    not(bool a)
    {
    	return !a;
    }
    
    inline
    bool
    and(bool a, bool b)
    {
    	return a & b;
    }
    
    inline
    bool
    or(bool a, bool b)
    {
    	return a | b;
    }
    
    inline
    bool
    xor(bool a, bool b)
    {
    	return a ^ b;
    }
    
    inline
    bool
    nand(bool a, bool b)
    {
    	return not(and(a, b));
    }
    
    inline
    bool
    nor(bool a, bool b)
    {
    	return not(or(a, b));
    }
    
    inline
    bool
    xnor(bool a, bool b)
    {
    	return not(xor(a, b));
    }
    
    /* eg: */
    
    int
    main(void)
    {
    	/* !(1&&(1||0)) */
    	cout << nand(1, or(1, 0)) << endl;
    }
    also, by memorizing their truth tables and learning boolean algebra you will be able to verify and simplify boolean expressions with greater ease.
    Code:
    #include <cmath>
    #include <complex>
    bool euler_flip(bool value)
    {
        return std::pow
        (
            std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), 
            std::complex<float>(0, 1) 
            * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0)
            *(1 << (value + 2)))
        ).real() < 0;
    }

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