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Expand Up @@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ This leads to some interesting usage compared to a "pure, classical, boolean-onl
In the example below, the first message is printed, while the second is not:

```js run no-beautify
*!*true*/!* || alert("printed");
*!*false*/!* || alert("not printed");
*!*false*/!* || alert("printed");
*!*true*/!* || alert("not printed");
```

In the first line, the OR `||` operator stops the evaluation immediately upon seeing `true`, so the `alert` isn't run.
In the second line, the OR `||` operator stops the evaluation immediately upon seeing `true`, so the `alert` isn't run.

Sometimes, people use this feature to execute commands only if the condition on the left part is truthy.
Sometimes, people use this feature to execute commands only if the condition on the left part is falsy.

## && (AND)

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