swirl Guide to OmniMark 5   OmniMark home
docs home 
IndexConceptsTasksSyntaxLibrariesOMX VariablesErrors
 
    Related Concepts  
operator   difference    

Return type: Integer
Returns:       

A new bit sequence.



Syntax
  numeric-expression difference numeric-expression


Purpose

The difference of two bit sequences is a new sequence where each bit is:

Other languages sometimes refer to this operation as a "bit-wise exclusive-or."

In this example, the action within the do block is performed if c and d have any corresponding bits with the same value:

  do when c difference d != 0
  ...
  done

      Related Concepts
   Bit-oriented arithmetic
 
----  

Top [ INDEX ] [ CONCEPTS ] [ TASKS ] [ SYNTAX ] [ LIBRARIES ] [ OMX ] [ OMX ] [ ERRORS ]

Generated: August 11, 2000 at 3:07:09 pm
If you have any comments about this section of the documentation, send email to docerrors@omnimark.com

Copyright © OmniMark Technologies Corporation, 1988-2000.