Difference between revisions of "Not"
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It effectively calculates the one's complement. | It effectively calculates the one's complement. | ||
On virtually all platforms it is implemented by the <syntaxhighlight lang="asm" enclose="none">not</syntaxhighlight> instruction. | On virtually all platforms it is implemented by the <syntaxhighlight lang="asm" enclose="none">not</syntaxhighlight> instruction. | ||
| − | On NAND-gate-based architectures the <syntaxhighlight lang="asm" enclose="none">not</syntaxhighlight> instruction can be calculated by the expression <math>A \barwedge | + | On NAND-gate-based architectures the <syntaxhighlight lang="asm" enclose="none">not</syntaxhighlight> instruction can be calculated by the expression <math>A \barwedge A</math>. |
Note, that only <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">not %0</syntaxhighlight> will definitely result in a value interpretable as <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">true</syntaxhighlight>. | Note, that only <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">not %0</syntaxhighlight> will definitely result in a value interpretable as <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">true</syntaxhighlight>. | ||
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The unary operator not negates a Boolean value.
FPC also knows the bitwise not when supplied with an ordinal type.
not is a reserved word.
Boolean operation
The operator not represent the logical negation [math]\displaystyle{ \neg A }[/math].
In electrical engineering one might write [math]\displaystyle{ -A }[/math] or [math]\displaystyle{ \overline{A} }[/math] instead, however the unary minus sign has a different meaning in programming.
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false
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true
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not has the highest precedence among logical operators.
bitwise operation
The bitwise not flips every bit in an ordinal type.
not 1100'1010
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0011'0101
It effectively calculates the one's complement.
On virtually all platforms it is implemented by the not instruction.
On NAND-gate-based architectures the not instruction can be calculated by the expression [math]\displaystyle{ A \barwedge A }[/math].
Note, that only not %0 will definitely result in a value interpretable as true.
However, not every not x will result in a value interpretable as false, since only 0 is considered as false and every other value as true.
