Operator Andalso (Short Circuit Conjunction)
Returns the short circuit-and (conjunction) of two numeric values
Syntax
`
Declare Operator AndAlso ( ByRef lhs As T1, ByRef rhs As T2 ) As Ret
`
Usage
`
result = lhs AndAlso rhs
`
Parameters
`lhs`
The left-hand side expression.
`T1`
Any numeric type.
`rhs`
The right-hand side expression.
`T2`
Any numeric type.
`Ret`
An Integer.
Return Value
Returns the short circuit-and (conjunction) of the two operands.
Description
This operator evaluates the left hand side expression. If the result is zero, then zero is immediately returned. If the result is non zero then the right hand side is evaluated, and the logical result from that is returned.
The truth table below demonstrates all combinations of a short circuit-and operation, the '-' denotes that the operand is not evaluated.

Lhs Value | Rhs Value | Result
0 | - | 0
1 | 0 | 0
1 | 1 | 1

Short-circuiting is performed - only expressions needed to calculate the result are evaluated.
The return type is always an Integer, of the value 0 or -1, denoting false and true respectively.
This operator cannot be overloaded for user-defined types.
Example
`
' Using the ANDALSO operator on two numeric values
Dim As Integer numeric_value1, numeric_value2
numeric_value1 = 15
numeric_value2 = 30
'Result = -1
Print numeric_value1 AndAlso numeric_value2
Sleep
`
Differences from QB

- This operator was not available in QB.

See also

- `OrElse`
- `And`
- Operator Truth Tables