Re: difference between "and" and "&&"...

[Jeff 'japhy/Marillion' Pinyan]

On Jul 31, Christiam Camacho said:

>     Is the only difference between "and" and "&&" and
>"or" and "||" the precedence of the operators?

&& has higher precedence (it binds more tightly) than 'and'.

  $x = 2 and 5;  # ($x = 2) and 5;
  $x = 2 &&  5'  # $x = (2 && 5);

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