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How do you derive Boolean expression from logic circuit?
To convert a gate circuit to a Boolean expression, label each gate output with a Boolean sub-expression corresponding to the gates’ input signals, until a final expression is reached at the last gate.
What are the types of logic circuit?
There are two basic types of logic circuitry: combinational circuitry and state circuitry.
- Combinational circuitry behaves like a simple function. The output of combinational circuitry depends only on the current values of its input.
- State circuitry behaves more like an object method.
How to short circuit the evaluation of logical expressions?
In the first logical expression, x >= 2 is False so the evaluation stops at the and. In the second logical expression, x >= 2 is True but y != 0 is False so we never reach (x/y). In the third logical expression, the y != 0 is after the (x/y) calculation so the expression fails with an error.
When to use short circuit evaluation in Python?
Short-circuit evaluation of logical expressions ¶ When Python is processing a logical expression such as x >= 2 and (x/y) > 2, it evaluates the expression from left to right.
When does the evaluation of a logical expression stop?
When the evaluation of a logical expression stops because the overall value is already known, it is called short-circuiting the evaluation. While this may seem like a fine point, the short-circuit behavior leads to a clever technique called the guardian pattern.
When does Python evaluate an expression from left to right?
When Python is processing a logical expression such as x >= 2 and (x/y) > 2, it evaluates the expression from left to right. Because of the definition of and, if x is less than 2, the expression x >= 2 is False and so the whole expression is False regardless of whether (x/y) > 2 evaluates to True or False.