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# Short-circuit versus Element-wise logical AND/OR
## Short-circuit versus Element-wise logical AND/OR
The Short-circuit logical AND/OR (*i.e.*`&&`, `||`), returns `true` or `false`, depending on whether an entire expression evaluates to true or false. It returns this value as soon as it is known. On the other hand, the Element-wise AND/OR (*i.e.*`&`, `|`) returns a logical array of the compared values. Even though MATLAB and Octave substitutes in short-circuit functionality when an element-wise AND/OR is encountered in an `if` or `while` statement, Octave issues a warning every time this situation is encountered. Hence, in Dynare, all conditional statements should make use of the short-circuit logical AND and OR.
The Short-circuit logical AND/OR (*i.e.*`&&`, `||`), returns `true` or `false`, depending on whether an entire expression evaluates to true or false. It returns this value as soon as it is known. On the other hand, the Element-wise AND/OR (*i.e.*`&`, `|`) returns a logical array of the compared values. Even though MATLAB and Octave substitutes in short-circuit functionality when an element-wise AND/OR is encountered in an `if` or `while` statement, Octave issues a warning every time this situation is encountered. Hence, in Dynare, all conditional statements should make use of the short-circuit logical AND and OR.
