A-Shell Reference

^

1

Raise to power, e.g. 5^3 is 5 to the 3rd power or 125

**

1

Equivalent to ^

+

2

Unary plus

-

2

Unary minus

*

3

Multiplication

/

3

Division

+

4

Addition or string concatenation

#+

4

Explicit addition; see Explicit Plus Operators

$+

4

Explicit concatenation; see Explicit Plus Operators

-

4

Subtraction

=

5

Relational equals, e.g. IF A = B OR C = D THEN ...

<

5

Relational less than; string or numeric

<=

5

Relational less than or equals; string or numeric

>

5

Relational greater than; string or numeric

>=

5

Relational greater than or equals; string or numeric

<>

5

Relational not equal; string or numeric

#

5

Relational not equal; same as <>

NOT

6

Logical NOT, e.g. IF NOT (A OR B) THEN ...

AND

7

Logical AND

OR

7

Logical OR

XOR

7

Logical XOR; exclusive OR

EQV

7

Logical equivalence; exclusive NOR

MIN

7

Minimum (of two operands), e.g. A = B MIN C + D

MAX

7

Maximum (of two operands), e.g. A = B + C MAX D + E

MOD

7

Modulo, e.g. A = 37 MOD 8 (remainder of 37 / 8)

USING

8

Formatting, e.g. A USING "###.##"