is it true ?

[J. Landman Gay]

On 5/18/05 1:34 PM, jbv wrote:

>>Yes, it's true - quoted from Scott Raney on the MC list; conditional
>>evaluation ceases as soon as the result can be determined.
> 
> 
> OK. so in my example :
> 
>     put wordoffset(b,d) into w1
>     if offset(a,d) > 0 and w1 > 0 then
> 
> I'd better write :
> 
>     if offset(a,d) > 0 and wordoffset(b,d) > 0 then
> 
> because wordoffset(b,d) will be evaluated only if the
> 1st part of the conditional statement is true... right ?

Right.

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