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Syntax

Description

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A | B performs a logical OR of arrays A and B and returns an array containing elements set to either logical 1 (true) or logical 0 (false). An element of the output array is set to logical 1 (true) if either A or B contain a nonzero element at that same array location. Otherwise, the array element is set to 0.

or(A,B) is an alternate way to execute A | B, but is rarely used. It enables operator overloading for classes.

Examples

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Open Script

Find the logical OR of two matrices. The result contains logical 1 (true) where either matrix contains a nonzero value. The zeros in the result indicate spots where both arrays have a value of zero.

A = [5 7 0; 0 2 9; 5 0 0]

A =

     5     7     0
     0     2     9
     5     0     0


B = [6 6 0; 1 3 5; -1 0 0]

B =

     6     6     0
     1     3     5
    -1     0     0


A | B

ans =

  3×3 logical array

   1   1   0
   1   1   1
   1   0   0
Open Script

Create a truth table for or.

A = [true false]

A =

  1×2 logical array

   1   0


B = [true; false]

B =

  2×1 logical array

   1
   0


C = A|B

C =

  2×2 logical array

   1   1
   1   0

Input Arguments

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Left operand, specified as a scalar, vector, matrix, or multidimensional array. Inputs A and B must either be the same size or have sizes that are compatible (for example, A is an M-by-N matrix and B is a scalar or 1-by-N row vector). For more information, see Compatible Array Sizes for Basic Operations.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | logical

Right operand, specified as a scalar, vector, matrix, or multidimensional array. Inputs A and B must either be the same size or have sizes that are compatible (for example, A is an M-by-N matrix and B is a scalar or 1-by-N row vector). For more information, see Compatible Array Sizes for Basic Operations.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | logical

More About

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Tall Array Support

This function fully supports tall arrays. For more information, see Tall Arrays.

Tips

  • You can chain together several logical operations, for example, A & B | C.

  • The symbols | and || perform different operations in a MATLAB® application. The element-wise OR operator described here is |. The short-circuit OR operator is ||. See Logical Operators: Short Circuit for more information.

See Also

| | | | |

Introduced before R2006a

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