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-<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
- xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
- version="5.0"
- xml:id="sec-language-operators">
-
-<title>Operators</title>
-
-<para><xref linkend='table-operators' /> lists the operators in the
-Nix expression language, in order of precedence (from strongest to
-weakest binding).</para>
-
-<table xml:id='table-operators'>
- <title>Operators</title>
- <tgroup cols='3'>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Name</entry>
- <entry>Syntax</entry>
- <entry>Associativity</entry>
- <entry>Description</entry>
- <entry>Precedence</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>Select</entry>
- <entry><replaceable>e</replaceable> <literal>.</literal>
- <replaceable>attrpath</replaceable>
- [ <literal>or</literal> <replaceable>def</replaceable> ]
- </entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Select attribute denoted by the attribute path
- <replaceable>attrpath</replaceable> from set
- <replaceable>e</replaceable>. (An attribute path is a
- dot-separated list of attribute names.) If the attribute
- doesn’t exist, return <replaceable>def</replaceable> if
- provided, otherwise abort evaluation.</entry>
- <entry>1</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Application</entry>
- <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>left</entry>
- <entry>Call function <replaceable>e1</replaceable> with
- argument <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</entry>
- <entry>2</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Arithmetic Negation</entry>
- <entry><literal>-</literal> <replaceable>e</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Arithmetic negation.</entry>
- <entry>3</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Has Attribute</entry>
- <entry><replaceable>e</replaceable> <literal>?</literal>
- <replaceable>attrpath</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Test whether set <replaceable>e</replaceable> contains
- the attribute denoted by <replaceable>attrpath</replaceable>;
- return <literal>true</literal> or
- <literal>false</literal>.</entry>
- <entry>4</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>List Concatenation</entry>
- <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>++</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>right</entry>
- <entry>List concatenation.</entry>
- <entry>5</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Multiplication</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>*</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>,
- </entry>
- <entry>left</entry>
- <entry>Arithmetic multiplication.</entry>
- <entry>6</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Division</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>/</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
- </entry>
- <entry>left</entry>
- <entry>Arithmetic division.</entry>
- <entry>6</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Addition</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>+</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
- </entry>
- <entry>left</entry>
- <entry>Arithmetic addition.</entry>
- <entry>7</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Subtraction</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>-</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
- </entry>
- <entry>left</entry>
- <entry>Arithmetic subtraction.</entry>
- <entry>7</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>String Concatenation</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>string1</replaceable> <literal>+</literal> <replaceable>string2</replaceable>
- </entry>
- <entry>left</entry>
- <entry>String concatenation.</entry>
- <entry>7</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Not</entry>
- <entry><literal>!</literal> <replaceable>e</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Boolean negation.</entry>
- <entry>8</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Update</entry>
- <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>//</literal>
- <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>right</entry>
- <entry>Return a set consisting of the attributes in
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
- <replaceable>e2</replaceable> (with the latter taking
- precedence over the former in case of equally named
- attributes).</entry>
- <entry>9</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Less Than</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&lt;</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>,
- </entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Arithmetic comparison.</entry>
- <entry>10</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Less Than or Equal To</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&lt;=</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
- </entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Arithmetic comparison.</entry>
- <entry>10</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Greater Than</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&gt;</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
- </entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Arithmetic comparison.</entry>
- <entry>10</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Greater Than or Equal To</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&gt;=</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
- </entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Arithmetic comparison.</entry>
- <entry>10</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Equality</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>==</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
- </entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Equality.</entry>
- <entry>11</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Inequality</entry>
- <entry>
- <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>!=</literal> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
- </entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Inequality.</entry>
- <entry>11</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Logical AND</entry>
- <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>&amp;&amp;</literal>
- <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>left</entry>
- <entry>Logical AND.</entry>
- <entry>12</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Logical OR</entry>
- <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>||</literal>
- <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>left</entry>
- <entry>Logical OR.</entry>
- <entry>13</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Logical Implication</entry>
- <entry><replaceable>e1</replaceable> <literal>-></literal>
- <replaceable>e2</replaceable></entry>
- <entry>none</entry>
- <entry>Logical implication (equivalent to
- <literal>!<replaceable>e1</replaceable> ||
- <replaceable>e2</replaceable></literal>).</entry>
- <entry>14</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
-</table>
-
-</section>