Operators; Mathematical, Logical, And String Operators - IBM Cognos User Manual

Operators

Operators specify what happens to the values on either side of the operator.

Mathematical, Logical, and String Operators

Cognos Transformer supports mathematical operators and string concatenate
operators. It also supports logical operators and comparison operators, but only in
an if-then-else conditional construct.
Mathematical Operators (+, -, *, /, ^)
Performs mathematical operations. The precedence for processing mathematical
operators is as follows:
v exponents (^)
v multiplication (*) and division (/)
v addition (+) and subtraction (-)
Mathematical operators that are at the same level of precedence are evaluated from
left to right. You can use parentheses to override this order of precedence.
And Logical Operator
Returns True if the conditions on both sides are true.
Example
Salary < 60000 and Dept = 'Sales'
Retrieves the data where salary is less than $60,000 in the Sales department.
Precedence is given to logical operators.
Or Logical Operator
Returns True if either of the two conditions on both sides is true.
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Constant
Single Category
Number
String
Operators
Mathematical Operators (+, -, *, /, ^)
And Logical Operator
Or Logical Operator
Not Logical Operator
String Operator (+)
Description
Inserts an expression into a category.
Inserts the number zero, which you can
replace with a new numeric value.
Inserts two quotation marks and positions
the cursor between them.
Description
Perform mathematical operations.
Returns True if the conditions on both sides
are true.
Returns True if either of the two conditions
on both sides is true.
Returns True if the condition is false.
Concatenate two strings together.