Updated on 2025-02-27 GMT+08:00

Logical Operators

Common logical operators include AND, OR, and NOT. The operation result has three values: TRUE, FALSE, and NULL. NULL indicates unknown. Their priorities are NOT > AND > OR.

Table 1 lists the calculation rules, where a and b represent logical expressions.

Table 1 Operation rules

a

b

a AND b Result

a OR b Result

NOT a Result

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

NULL

NULL

TRUE

FALSE

FALSE

FALSE

FALSE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

NULL

FALSE

NULL

TRUE

NULL

NULL

NULL

NULL

NULL

The operators AND and OR are commutative, that is, you can switch the left and right operand without affecting the result.