The inner expression: (a < 5) || (c < (a + b)) evaluates a < 5 as false (since a is 10) and c < (a + b) as true (since 8 is less than 10+12). Performing a Boolean “or” operation on false and true gives you true. And, given that the next thing you … Read more
No, there’s nothing built-in that does what you describe. You’d do it with a temporary variable: boolean flag = true; boolean returnValue = flag; flag = false; return returnValue; Or based on your further edit to the question (“The structure looks something like this”), you can use !: boolean flag = false; // some operations … Read more
There is no easy answer For starters there are no easy solutions. I noticed somebody mentioning Boolean.valueOf(…); The goal of the Boolean.valueOf(String) method is not to evaluate conditions or equations. It is just a simple method to convert a String with value “true” or “false” to a Boolean object. Anyway, if you want this kind … Read more
You can replace the condition in a loop with a delegate. Something like this works: int i = 0; Func<bool> predicate = () => i < 5; for (; predicate(); ++i) Console.WriteLine(i); Just assign a different delegate to predicate if you want a different condition. EDIT: This might be a clearer example: Func<int, bool> countToFive … Read more
As in boolean algebra + is OR you can simplify it with: F = A*B*C*D + A*B*C*D + A*B*C*D + A*B*C*D (A v A) = A = A*B*C*D + A*B*C*D + A*B*C*D (A v A) = A = A*B*C*D + A*B*C*D (A v A) = A = A*B*C*D (A v A) = A F = … Read more
As you can see here, the | operator has a higher precedence than the assignment operator =. Therefore, when you don’t wrap (a = false) in parentheses : if (a = false | (b = false) || (c = true) | (d = true)) is equivalent to if (a = (false | (b = false) … Read more