Perl Logical Operators

There are following logical operators supported by Perl language. Assume variable $a holds true and variable $b holds false then −

Sr.No.	Operator & Description
1	and Called Logical AND operator. If both the operands are true then the condition becomes true. Example− ($a and $b) is false.
2	&& C-style Logical AND Operator copies a bit to the result if it exists in both operands Example− ($a && $b) is false.
3	or Called Logical OR Operator. If any of the two operands are non zero then condition becomes true. Example− ($a or $b) is true.
4	\|\| C-style Logical OR Operator copies a bit if it exists in either operand.p> Example− ($a \|\| $b) is true.
5	not Called Logical NOT Operator. Use to reverses the logical state of its operand. If a condition is true then Logical NOT operator will make false. Example− not($a and $b) is true.

Quote-like Operators

There are following quote-like operators supported by Perl language. In the following table, a {} represents any pair of delimiters you choose.

Sr.No.	Operator & Description
1	q{ } Encloses a string with-in single quotes Example− q{abcd} gives 'abcd'
2	qq{ } Encloses a string with-in double quotes Example− qq{abcd} gives "abcd"
3	qx{ } Encloses a string with-in invert quotes Example− qx{abcd} gives `abcd`

Mohd Mohtashim

Updated on: 29-Nov-2019

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