Re: short circuit & and | in if and while

[Mike Miller]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 02:15:16 +0200, Ernst Reissner wrote:
> Is there anyone who can explain me,
> 
> why in matlab, and thus in octave,
> 
> if(a&b) is interpreted like if(a&&b),
> 
> whereas c=a&b differs from c=a&&b
> 
> which means that
> 
> if(a&b) is not the same as c=a&b;if(c)...
> 
> Very strange.
> 
> This feature also applies to while but not to until...
> 
> Who can explain me???

Here is an official answer from Mathworks Support that describes the
behavior

  
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/99518-is-the-logical-operator-in-matlab-a-short-circuit-operator

This is a "what", not a "why". I don't know who you can ask for an
answer to "why", it just is.

-- 
mike

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