C Basics - Logical Operators in C

The following table shows all the logical operators supported by the C language. Assume variable x holds 21, y holds 10 and variable z holds 0 then.

Operator Name	Syntax	Description	Example
Logical AND	x && y	If both the operands are non-zero, then the condition becomes true.	z = (x && y); z = 1
Logical OR	x || y	If any of the two operands is non-zero, then the condition becomes true.	z = (x || y); z = 1
Logical NOT	!x	It is used to reverse the logical state of its operand. If a condition is true, then Logical NOT operator will make it false.	z = !x; z = 0

&& and || are binary operators, whereas, ! is a unary operator.

#include <stdio.h>

int main() 
{
 int x = 21;
 int y = 10;
 int z = 0;
 
 printf("Logical operators demo\n");
 printf("Value of x is %d\n", x );
     printf("Value of y is %d\n", y );
 printf("Value of z is %d\n", z );
 
 z = (x && y);
 printf("Logical AND (z = (x && y)): %d\n", z);
 
 z = (x || y);
 printf("Logical OR (z = (x || y)): %d\n", z);
 
 z = !x;
 printf("Logical NOT (z = !x)): %d\n", z);
 return 0;
}

The output of the above program would be:

Logical operators demo
Value of x is 21
Value of y is 10
Value of z is 0
Logical AND (z = (x && y)): 1
Logical OR (z = (x || y)): 1
Logical NOT (z = !x)): 0

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