/*

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*/
// A walk through conditional statements
// logical operations


// Normal form
trace ("Normal General form");
if (true) 
{ 
	trace ("This is true"); 
} 
else 
{ 
	trace("This is false"); 
}

// but we can make this much more compact.  Here's the same 8 lines in one.
trace ("Compact General form"); 
if (true) {trace ("This is true"); } else {("This is false");}
// so to save space we'll use the compact form 

//The AND us used to confirm that both conditions are true
trace ("AND");
if (false && false) {trace ("This is true"); } else {trace("This is false"); }
if (false && true)  {trace ("This is true"); } else {trace("This is false"); }
if (true && false)  {trace ("This is true"); } else {trace("This is false"); }
if (true && true)   {trace ("This is true"); } else {trace("This is false"); }


// NOT is the inverse.  It just switches the condition.  Very handy when 
// you have a long, complex logic embedded in a series of parentheses
trace ("NOT");
if (!true) { trace ("This is true"); } else {trace("This is false");}

// OR when either or both make the condition true
trace ("OR");
if (false || false) {trace ("This is true"); } else {trace("This is false"); }
if (false || true)  {trace ("This is true"); } else {trace("This is false"); }
if (true || false)  {trace ("This is true"); } else {trace("This is false"); }
if (true || true)   {trace ("This is true"); } else {trace("This is false"); }