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\name{Logic}
\title{Logical Operators}
\usage{
! x
x & y
x && y
x | y
x || y
xor(x, y)
}
\alias{!}
\alias{&}
\alias{&&}
\alias{|}
\alias{||}
\alias{xor}
\alias{Logic}
\description{
  These operators act on logical vectors.
}
\details{
  \code{!} indicates logical negation (NOT).

  \code{&} and \code{&&} indicate logical AND and \code{|} and \code{||}
  indicate logical OR.  The shorter form performs elementwise
  comparisons in much the same way as arithmetic operators.  The longer
  form evaluates left to right examining only the first element of each
  vector.  Evaluation proceeds only until the result is determined.  The
  longer form is appropriate for programming control-flow.

  \code{xor} indicates elementwise exclusive OR.
}
\seealso{\code{\link{TRUE}} or \code{\link{logical}}.}
\examples{
y <- 1 + (x <- rpois(50, lambda=1.5) / 4 - 1)
x[(x > 0) & (x < 1)]    # all x values between 0 and 1
if (any(x == 0) || any(y == 0)) "zero encountered"
}
\keyword{logic}