{"id":1898,"date":"2022-07-04T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.overcharts.com\/en\/helpcenter\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1898"},"modified":"2024-07-14T00:16:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T00:16:10","password":"","slug":"overbasic-operators","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.overcharts.com\/en\/helpcenter\/docs\/overbasic-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"Overbasic &#8211; Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operators are used to perform operations on variables and values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Overbasic there are various types of operators: <strong><em>Assignment<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Arithmetic<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Boolean Logic<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Comparison<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Assignment Operator<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;=&#8221; (equal) operator is used to assign a value or the result of an expression to a variable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0088cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Dim<\/strong><\/mark> a <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0088cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">As<\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0088cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Numeric<\/mark><\/strong> = 10\na = 5 * 4\n\n<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0088cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Dim<\/strong><\/mark> b <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0088cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">As Boolean<\/mark><\/strong> = <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0088cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">False<\/mark><\/strong>\nb = (a &gt; 10)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Arithmetic Operators<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>+<\/strong><\/td><td>Addition: 7 + 3 = 10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><\/td><td>Subtraction: 7 &#8211; 3 = 4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/td><td>Moltiplication: 7 * 3 = 21<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>\/<\/strong><\/td><td>Division: 8 \/ 4 = 2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>\\<\/strong><\/td><td>Divides two numbers and returns only the remainder: 7 \\ 3 = 1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>^<\/strong><\/td><td>Raises a number to the power of another number: 2 ^ 3 = 8<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Comparison Operators<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comparison operators compare two operands. They return TRUE if the condition is met, otherwise FALSE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>=<\/strong><\/td><td>Equal to: A = B<\/td><td>True if A is equal to B<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>&gt;<\/strong><\/td><td>Greater than: A &gt; B<\/td><td>True if A is greater than B<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>&gt;=<\/strong><\/td><td>Greater than or equal to: A &gt;= B<\/td><td>True if A is greater than or equal to B<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>&lt;<\/strong><\/td><td>Less than: A &lt; B<\/td><td>True if A is less than A<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>&lt;=<\/strong><\/td><td>Less than or equal to: A &lt;= B<\/td><td>True if A is less than or equal to B<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>&lt;&gt;<\/strong><\/td><td>Not equal to: A &lt;&gt; B<\/td><td>True if A is not equal to B<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Boolean Logic Operators<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>AND<\/strong><\/td><td>A <strong>and<\/strong> B<\/td><td>TRUE if A and B are TRUE, otherwise FALSE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>OR<\/strong><\/td><td>A <strong>or<\/strong> B<\/td><td>TRUE if A or B is TRUE, otherwise FALSE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>NOT<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>not<\/strong> A<\/td><td>TRUE if A is FALSE, FALSE if A is TRUE<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>String Operators<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>&amp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Joins two strings together:<br>Dim s As String = &#8220;ABC&#8221;<br>s = s &amp; &#8220;DEF&#8221;<br>Result: &#8220;ABCDEF&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operators are used to perform operations on variables and values. 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