Operator Precedence/Boolean Logic

[Elizabeth Weiss]

On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 11:59:37 PM UTC-4, Ben Finney wrote:
> Elizabeth Weiss > writes:
> 
> > Hi There, 
> 
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> 
> > I am a little confused as to how this is False:
> > False==(False or True)
> >
> > I would think it is True because False==False is true.
> 
> What does ‘(False or True)’ evaluate to, when you try it in the REPL?
> 
> > I think the parenthesis are confusing me. 
> > (False==False) or True
> >
> > This is True. Is it because False==False? And True==False is not True
> > but that does not change that this is True. 
> 
> Heh. You express the confusion quite well :-)
> 
> Try the component expressions in the REPL (the interactive interpreter
> session) and see if that helps::
> 
>     >>> False or True
>     …
>     >>> (False or True)
>     …
>     >>> True == False
>     …
>     >>> (True == False)
>     …
>     >>> False == False
>     …
>     >>> (False == False)
>     …
> 
> Then, once you think you understand what those expressions evaluate to,
> look again at how those results would work in a more complex
> expression::
> 
>     >>> False == (False or True)
>     …
>     >>> (False == False) or True
>     …
> 
> > Thank you for your help!
> 
> I hope that helps.
> 
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> Ben Finney

Thank you, Ben!