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 or boolean type.
`rhs`
The right-hand side expression.
`T2`
Any numeric or boolean type.
`Ret`
A numeric or boolean type (varies with `T1` and `T2`).
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 nonzero then the right hand side is evaluated, and the logical result from that is returned.
(for conversion of a boolean to an integer, false or true boolean value becomes 0 or -1 integer value)
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 | (not evaluated) | 0
nonzero | 0 | 0
nonzero | nonzero | -1

`AndAlso` equivalent to:
`Iif( Lhs <> 0, Rhs <> 0, 0 )`
Short-circuiting is performed - only expressions needed to calculate the result are evaluated. The left hand side `lhs` is evaluated first, and only if it evaluates to non-zero (true) is the right hand side `rhs` also evaluated. If the left hand side evaluation `lhs` returns zero (false), it is known that at that point that the overall condition is false, so the right hand side `rhs` is not evaluated (skipped).
The return type is almost always an `Integer`, of the value `0` or `-1`, denoting false and true respectively. Except if the left and right-hand side types are both `Boolean`, then the return type is also `Boolean`.
This operator cannot be overloaded for user-defined types.
Example
`
'' Using the ANDALSO operator to guard against array access
'' when the index is out of range
Dim As Integer isprime(1 To 10) = { _
_ ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (2, 3, 5 and 7 are the only prime numbers)
0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 _
}
Dim As Integer n
Input "Enter a number between 1 and 10: ", n
'' isprime() array will only be accessed if n is in range
If (n >= 1 And n <= 10) AndAlso isprime(n) Then
Print "n is prime"
Else
Print "n is not prime, or out of range"
End If
Sleep
`
Differences from QB

- This operator was not available in QB.

See also

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