TOPIC
	about_Logical_Operators

SHORT DESCRIPTION
	Describes the operators that connect statements in Windows PowerShell.


LONG DESCRIPTION
	The Windows PowerShell logical operators connect expressions and 
	statements, allowing you to use a single expression to test for multiple
	conditions.


	For example, the following statement uses the and operator and
	the or operator to connect three conditional statements. The statement is 
	true only when the value of $a is greater than the value of $b, and 
	either $a or $b is less than 20.


		($a -gt $b) -and (($a -lt 20) -or ($b -lt 20))

 
	Windows PowerShell supports the following logical operators.
 

		Operator  Description					Example
		--------  ------------------------------   ------------------------
		-and	Logical and. TRUE only when	(1 -eq 1) -and (1 -eq 2) 
				both statements are TRUE.		 False

 
		-or	 Logical or. TRUE when either	 (1 -eq 1) -or (1 -eq 2) 
				or both statements are TRUE.	 True
 

		-xor	Logical exclusive or. TRUE	 (1 -eq 1) -xor (2 -eq 2)
				only when one of the statements  False 
				is TRUE and the other is FALSE.
 
  
		-not	Logical not. Negates the		 -not (1 -eq 1)
				statement that follows it.	 False

 
		!		 Logical not. Negates the		 !(1 -eq 1)
				statement that follows it.	 False
				(Same as -not) 
 
 
	Note: The previous examples also use the equal to comparison 
		operator (-eq). For more information, see about_Comparison_Operators.
		The examples also use the Boolean values of integers. The integer 0
		has a value of FALSE. All other integers have a value of TRUE.
 

	The syntax of the logical operators is as follows:


		<statement> {-AND | -OR | -XOR} <statement>
		{! | -NOT} <statement>
 

	Statements that use the logical operators return Boolean (TRUE or FALSE)
	values. 


	The Windows PowerShell logical operators evaluate only the statements 
	required to determine the truth value of the statement. If the left operand
	in a statement that contains the and operator is FALSE, the right operand
	is not evaluated. If the left operand in a statement that contains 
	the or statement is TRUE, the right operand is not evaluated. As a result,
	you can use these statements in the same way that you would use 
	the If statement.


SEE ALSO
	about_Operators
	Compare-Object
	about_Comparison_operators
	about_If