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or

Use or to apply a logical OR operation with short-circuit evaluation.

Basic syntax​

To perform a logical OR operation with short-circuit evaluation, use the following syntax:

(or oper1 oper2)

Arguments​

Use the following arguments to specify the boolean values for which you want to perform the logical OR operation using the or Pact function.

ArgumentTypeDescription
oper1boolSpecifies the first expression to evaluate that returns the boolean value to perform the logical OR operation on.
oper2boolSpecifies the second expression to evaluate that returns the boolean value to perform the logical OR operation on.

Return value​

The or function returns a boolean value based on the logical OR operation of the input values.

Examples​

The following example demonstrates how to use the or function in the Pact REPL:

pact> (or (> 20 10) (> 10 15))
true

In this example, the or function evaluates the expressions (> 20 10) and (> 10 15). The boolean value returns for the first expression is true because 20 > 15 is true. Because the or function performs short-circuit evaluation on the results, the function returns true because the first expression is true.