Logical Operators Cheat Sheet

LogicalOperators.java

public class LogicalOperators {

    /*
     * TRUTH LOGIC
     *
     * X & Y
     * (AND)
     *
     * AND is Only True IF BOTH OPERANDS ARE TRUE
     * ---------------------------------
     * |X = TRUE  & Y = TRUE   :: TRUE  |
     * |X = TRUE  & Y = FALSE  :: FALSE |
     * |X = FALSE & Y = TRUE   :: FALSE |
     * |X = FALSE & Y = FALSE  :: FALSE |
     * ---------------------------------
     *
     * X | Y
     * (INCUSIVE OR)
     *
     * Inclusive OR is Only False IF BOTH OPERANDS ARE FALSE
     * ---------------------------------
     * |X = TRUE  & Y = TRUE   :: TRUE  |
     * |X = TRUE  & Y = FALSE  :: TRUE  |
     * |X = FALSE & Y = TRUE   :: TRUE  |
     * |X = FALSE & Y = FALSE  :: FALSE |
     * ---------------------------------
     *
     * X ^ Y
     * (EXCLUSIVE OR)
     *
     * Exclusive OR is Only True IF BOTH OPERANDS ARE DIFFERENT
     * ---------------------------------
     * |X = TRUE  & Y = TRUE   :: FALSE  |
     * |X = TRUE  & Y = FALSE  :: TRUE  |
     * |X = FALSE & Y = TRUE   :: TRUE  |
     * |X = FALSE & Y = FALSE  :: FALSE |
     * ---------------------------------
     **/


    public static void main(String[] args) {

        boolean x, y, and, or, xor;

        x = false;
        y = false;
        and = x & y;
        or = x | y;
        xor = x ^ y;
        System.out.println("====================");
        System.out.println("X = FALSE, Y = FALSE");
        System.out.println("====================");
        System.out.println("X & Y = " + and);
        System.out.println("X | Y = " + or);
        System.out.println("X ^ Y = " + xor);

        x = false;
        y = true;
        and = x & y;
        or = x | y;
        xor = x ^ y;

        System.out.println("===================");
        System.out.println("X = FALSE, Y = TRUE");
        System.out.println("===================");
        System.out.println("X & Y = " + and);
        System.out.println("X | Y = " + or);
        System.out.println("X ^ Y = " + xor);

        x = true;
        y = true;
        and = x & y;
        or = x | y;
        xor = x ^ y;

        System.out.println("==================");
        System.out.println("X = TRUE, Y = TRUE");
        System.out.println("==================");
        System.out.println("X & Y = " + and);
        System.out.println("X | Y = " + or);
        System.out.println("X ^ Y = " + xor);

    }
}