Operators

XC=BASIC provides the following operators:

• * (multiplication)
• / (division)
• MOD (modulo)
• + (addition or string concatenation)
• - (subtraction)

Operands for the arithmetic operators can be any numeric expressions, with the exception of DECIMAL types that can only be operands for addition or subtraction.

The + operator can also be used to concatenate strings. In this case both operands must be strings, otherwise a compile-time error is emitted.

• = (equal to)
• <> (not equal to)
• > (greater than)
• >= (greater than or equal to)
• < (less than)
• <= (less than or equal to)

Operands for the relational operators can be any numeric expressions. A relational expression evaluates to 255 when the comparison passes (TRUE), and 0 when it fails (FALSE).

The relational operators = and <> can also be used to compare strings. In this case both operands must be strings, otherwise a compile-time error will be emitted.

• AND
• OR
• XOR
• SHL - logical shift left
• SHR - logical shift right

Logical operators can operate on all integral types (BYTE, INT, WORD, LONG and DECIMAL).

• @ (address of)
• - (negation)
• NOT (logical reversion)