IMC Script Operators

Operators are special symbols that performs specific action on one, two or three operands.

Arithmetic Operators

Addition (+)

It produces the sum of numeric operands or concatenation in case of string operands.

Substration (-)

It produces the subtraction of numeric operands.

Multiplication (*)

It produces the multiplication of numeric operands.

Division (/)

It produces the quotient of numeric operands where the left operand is dividend and the right one is the divisor.

Modulus (%)

It produces the remainder of numeric operands where the left operand is dividend and the right one is the divisor.

Logical Operators

Logical AND (&& / and)

It performs logical AND between operands.

Logical OR (|| / or)

It performs logical OR between operands.

Logical Not (!)

It performs the logical NOT for the operand.

Bitwise Operators

Bitwise AND (&)

It performs Bitwise AND between operands. On Binary level, it returns 1 in each bit position for which the corresponding bits of both operands are 1s.

Bitwise OR (|)

It performs Bitwise OR between operands. On Binary level, it returns 1 in each bit position for which the corresponding bits of either or both operands are 1s.

Bitwise NOT (~)

It performs Bitwise NOT (or complement) for an operand. On Binary level, it inverts the bits of an operand.

Bitwise XOR (^)

It performs Bitwise XOR between operands. On Binary level, it returns 1 in each bit position for which the corresponding bits of either but not both operands are 1s.

Conditional Operators

Equality (=)

It compares equality between operands.

Inequality (!=)

It compares inequality between operands.

Less Than (<)

It returns true if left side operand is less than the right operand, otherwise returns false.

Less Than or Equal To (<=)

It returns true if left side operand is less than or equal to the right operand, otherwise returns false.

Greater Than (>)

It returns true if left side operand is greater than the right operand, otherwise returns false.

Greater Than or Equal To (>=)

It returns true if left side operand is greater than or equal to the right operand, otherwise returns false.

Ternary(? :)

Ternary operator is short-hand operation of simple if-else statements. If condition can be converted to true, the operator returns the value of exprT, otherwise it returns value of exprF (See below).

Syntax: condition ? exprT : exprF

Recursive Traversal Operators

These are the special operators similar to RegEx + and *, applicable only on Intermediate Steps for IMCExpression.

Recursive Plus (<intermediate_steps>_)

This is same as + operator in RegEx. It gives one or more level of recursive traversal on Intermediate Steps of IMCExpression. It can be used adding underscore (_) at the end of intermediate step. Below example will clear the usage.

Recursive Star (_<intermediate_step>_)

This is same as * operator in RegEx. It gives zero or more level of recursive traversal on Intermediate Steps of IMCExpression. It can be used adding underscore (_) at the start as well as at the end of intermediate step. Below is the self-explanatory example for the same.