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Hi there. My name is John Elliot V. My friends call me Jay Jay. I talk about technology on my blog at blog.jj5.net and make videos about electronics on my YouTube channel @InTheLabWithJayJay.

Boolean functions

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Today I realised that ‘and’ == ‘minimum’ and ‘or’ == ‘maximum’. Mind blown! :)

And here is some PHP code to go with my new found knowledge:

test( 0, 0 );
test( 0, 1 );
test( 1, 0 );
test( 1, 1 );

function test( $x, $y ) {

  if ( and_1( $x, $y ) !== and_2( $x, $y ) ) { echo "Error.\n"; }

  if (  or_1( $x, $y ) !==  or_2( $x, $y ) ) { echo "Error.\n"; }

}

function and_1( $x, $y ) {

  return (bool)min( $x, $y );

}

function and_2( $x, $y ) {

  return ! ( ! $x || ! $y );

}

function or_1( $x, $y ) {

  return (bool)max( $x, $y );

}

function or_2( $x, $y ) {

  return ! ( ! $x && ! $y );

}