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||evaluates its second operand only if the first operand returns falseadded by: JK, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:35:51.0
has purpose to return true if at least one of its operands evaluates to trueadded by: JK, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:35:51.0
indicates logical OR    source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:35:51.0
is a subtopic of Operators2001-10-19 11:35:51.0
is an instance of binary operatoradded by: JK, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:35:51.0
is an instance of logical operatoradded by: JK, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:35:51.0
is an instance of short circuit operatorsource: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:35:51.0
binary operatoruses an infix notation2001-10-19 11:36:10.0
logical operatorreturns a boolean2001-10-19 11:37:17.0
operatorevaluates to its result2001-10-19 11:37:36.0
has precedence2001-10-19 11:37:36.0
is part of an expression2001-10-19 11:37:36.0
is evaluated before another operator with lower precedence2001-10-19 11:37:36.0
syntactic unithas syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
2001-10-19 11:38:04.0