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OrExpr

Check if either of its Boolean conditions is true.


Syntax

OrExpr

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Description

The operands are tested if either one of them evaluates to the Boolean value "true".

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Compatibility

The operator name can only be specified using lower case.

It corresponds to the expression OrExpr defined in XPath, Section 3.4, Rule 21. Because of the X-Query definition of AndExpr you can also use SequenceExpr, BetweenExpr, and ProximityExpr as operands.

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Example

Select all patients born in 1950 or 1960 (all patient nodes that satisfy the following predicate expression: there is an immediate child node born whose numeric value equals 1950 or there is an immediate child node born whose numeric value equals 1960):

/patient[born = 1950 or born = 1960]

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Related Expressions

AndExpr EqualityExpr

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