TAL Reference Summary

Expressions
TAL Reference Summary
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IF Expressions The IF expression conditionally selects one of two expressions, usually for assignment
to a variable.
IF
condition THEN
expression expression
ELSE
014
Bit Extractions A bit extraction accesses a bit field in an INT expression without altering the
expression.
.
right-bit
< >
:
left-bit
016
int-expression
ns ns ns
ns nsns
Bit Shifts A bit shift operation shifts a bit field a specified number of positions to the left or to
the right within a variable without altering the variable.
positionsshift-operator
017
int-expression
dbl-expression
shift-operator
'<<', '>>', <<, or >>