Or operator

The or operator is a boolean operator which will return true if either of the two boolean values either side of it are true.

Syntax

In many languages, the and operator uses the || symbols.

In some other languages, a keyword is used instead: in Python, for example, this keyword is or.

Examples where or returns true

true || true
true || false
4 < 7 || 2 > 9

Examples where and returns false

false || false
16 < 10 || 5 == 8
false || 9 != 9