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title: Overbasic – Operators
description: "Operators are used to perform operations on variables and values. In Overbasic there are various types of operators: ***Assignment***, ***Arithmetic***, ***Boolean Logic*** and ***Comparison***. ### **Assignment Operator** The \"=\" (equal) operator is used to assign a value or the result…"
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# Overbasic – Operators

Operators are used to perform operations on variables and values.

In Overbasic there are various types of operators: ***Assignment***, ***Arithmetic***, ***Boolean Logic*** and ***Comparison***.

### **Assignment Operator**

The "=" (equal) operator is used to assign a value or the result of an expression to a variable:

```
Dim a As Numeric = 10
a = 5 * 4

Dim b As Boolean = False
b = (a > 10)
```

### **Arithmetic Operators**

| **+** | Addition: 7 + 3 = 10 |
| --- | --- |
| **-** | Subtraction: 7 - 3 = 4 |
| ***** | Moltiplication: 7 * 3 = 21 |
| **/** | Division: 8 / 4 = 2 |
| **\** | Divides two numbers and returns only the remainder: 7 \ 3 = 1 |
| **^** | Raises a number to the power of another number: 2 ^ 3 = 8 |

### **Comparison Operators**

Comparison operators compare two operands. They return TRUE if the condition is met, otherwise FALSE.

| **=** | Equal to: A = B | True if A is equal to B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **>** | Greater than: A > B | True if A is greater than B |
| **>=** | Greater than or equal to: A >= B | True if A is greater than or equal to B |
| **<** | Less than: A < B | True if A is less than A |
| **<=** | Less than or equal to: A <= B | True if A is less than or equal to B |
| **<>** | Not equal to: A <> B | True if A is not equal to B |

### **Boolean Logic Operators**

| **AND** | A **and** B | TRUE if A and B are TRUE, otherwise FALSE |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **OR** | A **or** B | TRUE if A or B is TRUE, otherwise FALSE |
| **NOT** | **not** A | TRUE if A is FALSE, FALSE if A is TRUE |

### **String Operators**

| **&** | Joins two strings together: Dim s As String = "ABC" s = s & "DEF" Result: "ABCDEF" |
| --- | --- |