Explain about logical operators with an example.

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Logical Operators

These operators are used to perform logical “AND”, “OR” and “NOT” operation, i.e. the function similar to AND gate and OR gate in digital electronics. They are used to combine two or more conditions/constraints or to complement the evaluation of the original condition under particular consideration. One thing to keep in mind is the second condition is not evaluated if the first one is false, i.e. it has a short-circuiting effect. Used extensively to test for several conditions for making a decision. Let’s look at each of the logical operators in a detailed manner:

  1. ‘Logical AND’ Operator(&&): This operator returns true when both the conditions under consideration are satisfied or are true. If even one of the two yields false, the operator results false. For example, cond1 && cond2 returns true when both cond1 and cond2 are true (i.e. non-zero).
    Syntax:

    condition1 && condition2

Example

Live Demo
public class Test {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      boolean a = true;
      boolean b = false;

      System.out.println("a && b = " + (a&&b));
      System.out.println("a || b = " + (a||b) );
      System.out.println("!(a && b) = " + !(a && b));
   }
}

This will produce the following result −

Output

a && b = false
a || b = true
!(a && b) = true