Logical Operators

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AND Operator

he AND operator is used to combine two or more conditions in a Python program. It returns True only if all the conditions are true, otherwise, it returns False.

Example

x = 5
y = 10
z = 15
if x < y and y < z:
    print("Both conditions are true")
# Output: Both conditions are true

Which of the following is a logical operator in Python?

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OR Operator

The OR operator is used to combine two or more conditions in a Python program. It returns True if at least one of the conditions is true. If all conditions are false, it returns False.

Example:

x = 5
y = 10
z = 15
if x < y or y > z:
    print("At least one condition is true")
#Output: At least one condition is true

The expression 'x or y' will return True if either x or y is [[True]].

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NOT Operator

The NOT operator is used to negate a condition in a Python program. It returns True if the condition is false, and False if the condition is true.

Example

x = 5
if not x > 10:
    print("The condition is false")
Output: The condition is false

The [[not]] operator returns the opposite result in Python.

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Order of Precedence

In Python, logical operators follow the order of precedence where NOT has the highest precedence, followed by AND, and then OR.

This means that NOT operations are evaluated first, followed by AND operations, and finally OR operations.

x = 5
y = 10
z = 15

# Example 1: NOT has the highest precedence
result = not (x < y) and (y < z)
# Evaluates as: (False) and (True)
# Result: False

# Example 2: OR is evaluated last
result = (x < y) or (y < z) and (x > z)
# Evaluates as: (True) or (True and False)
# Result: True

Logical operators have a specific [[order]] of evaluation.

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The 'not' operator has the [[highest]] precedence.

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The is utilized to combine two or more conditions in a Python program. It yields True only if , otherwise, it returns False.

The serves to combine two or more conditions as well, returning True if is true. If every condition is false, it results in False.

The is employed to negate a condition, providing True if the condition is and False if the condition is .

In Python, there is an for logical operators, with NOT having the highest precedence, followed by AND, and finally OR. This means that NOT operations are evaluated first, then AND operations, and OR operations are evaluated last.

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