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Formula editor 39
Operand1 Operand2 Result Example Remarks
Text Number Number
"Metrohm" OR 1.2 --> 1
The same rules apply here as
for the previous operation.
Number Time Number
2.0 OR Time(1999;10;7) --> 1
0 OR Time(1964;02;03) --> 1
Before the operation an oper-
and of the type
Date/Time is
converted to the type
Number;
all dates from 30 December
1899 are interpreted as
1
(true).
Time Number Number
Time(1999;10;7) OR 2.5 --> 1
The same rules apply here as
for the previous operation.
Text Time Number
"Metrohm" OR Time(1999;10;7)
--> 1
Before the operation an oper-
and of the type Date/Time is
converted to the type
Text and
each non-empty character
string is interpreted as 1 (true).
Time Text Number
Time(1999;10;7) OR "Metrohm"
--> 1
The same rules apply here as
for the previous operation.
Operators - Compare
Equal
Syntax
Operand1 = Operand2
The operands can either be entered directly or as a Variable and can be
of the type
Text, Number or Date/Time. The result type is always a number (1
= true,
0 = false).
Examples
Operand1 Operand2 Result Example Remarks
Operands of the same type:
Number Number Number
5 = 5 --> 1
4 = 5 --> 0
-
Text Text Number
"Metrohm" = "AG" --> 0
"aG" = "AG" --> 0
In a comparison between two
text the ASCII values (see ASCII
table) of the character strings
are compared. Note: upper
and lower case letters have
different values!
Time Time Number
Time(1998;04;06) =
Time(1964;02;03) --> 0
Time(): see function Time(Date)
Operands of different types:
Number Text Number
1.2 = "1.2" --> 1
1.2 = "Metrohm" --> 0
Before the comparative opera-
tion the Number is converted to
Text and then the texts are
compared according to the
ASCII table.