Compound Boolean Expressions¶

Just before we looked at the If … Then statement we looked at Boolean expressions. Boolean expressions have two and only two potential answers, either they are true or false. So far we have looked at just simple boolean expression, with just one comparison. A boolean expression can actually have more than one comparison and be quiet complex. A compound boolean expression is generated by combining more than one simple boolean expression together with a logical operator And or Or. And is used to form an expression that evaluates to True only when both operands are true. Or is used to form an expression that evaluates to true when either operand is true. Here is a truth table for each operator:

AND Truth Table

A	B	A AND B
True	True	True
True	False	False
False	True	False
False	False	False

OR Truth Table

A	B	A OR B
True	True	True
True	False	True
False	True	True
False	False	False

In some programming languages the operators are simpley the words “AND and OR”. In others they are “&&” for AND and “||” for OR. The following are some examples of compound boolean expressions:

// Copyright (c) 2019 St. Mother Teresa HS All rights reserved.
//
// Created by: Mr. Coxall
// Created on: Oct 2019
// This program uses a compound boolean statement

#include <iostream>

main() {
    // this function uses a compound boolean statement
    std::string integer_as_string;
    int term_mark;
    int project_mark;

    // input
    std::cout << "Enter term mark: ";
    std::cin >> term_mark;

    std::cout << "Enter project mark: ";
    std::cin >> project_mark;

    // process & output
    if (term_mark >= 50 && project_mark >= 50) {
        std::cout << "You passed the course.";
    } else {
        std::cout << "You did not pass the course.";
    }
}

// compound boolean expressions

// compound boolean expressions

// compound boolean expressions

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Created by: Mr. Coxall
# Created on: Sep 2019
# This program uses a compound boolean statement


def main():
    # this function uses a compound boolean statement

    # input
    term_mark = int(input("Enter term mark: "))
    project_mark = int(input("Enter project mark: "))
    print("")

    # process & output
    if term_mark >= 50 and project_mark >= 50:
        print("You passed the course.")
    else:
        print("You did not pass the course.")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

// compound boolean expressions

// compound boolean expressions

Besides these two logical operators, there is one more, the NOT. NOT is used most often at the beginning of a Boolean expression to invert its evaluation. It does not compare 2 values but just inversts a single one.

NOT Truth Table

A	NOT(A)
True	False
False	True

For example:

// Copyright (c) 2019 St. Mother Teresa HS All rights reserved.
//
// Created by: Mr. Coxall
// Created on: Oct 2019
// This program uses a NOT boolean statement

#include <iostream>

main() {
    // this function uses a NOT boolean statement
    bool isSunday = true;
    bool isHoliday = false;

    if (!isHoliday == true) {
        std::cout << "Please start working, it is not holiday.";
    } else {
        std::cout << "Today is holiday!!";
    }
}

// NOT boolean expressions

// NOT boolean expressions

// NOT boolean expressions

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Created by: Mr. Coxall
# Created on: Sep 2019
# This program uses a NOT boolean statement


def main():
    # this function uses a NOT boolean statement

    is_sunday = True
    is_holiday = False

    if not is_holiday == True:
        print('Please start working, it is not holiday')
    else:
        print('Today is holiday!!')


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

// NOT boolean expressions

// NOT boolean expressions