[VX] && or and?

[pacdiggity]

I've been looking through a number of scripts recently, and noticed that the most revered and more experienced scripters use && where and could be used. I know that there's a bug in XP for and, but is it the same for VX or is it just personal preference?
Do they even do different things?

[cozziekuns]

"and does the same as &&, but is a lower priority operator."

Taken straight from the RPGVX help file. I'm not sure about their exact priorities though. They're pretty much interchangeable.

[LoganF]

I generally use && for it (similarly I use || for or), but that's because I come from a C++ background where it's used like that. But there's not too much difference between the two as far as I know, so it's probably just preference. (Edit: except for the priorities as Cozzie says).

I don't know much about RMXP though, only VX, so whether there are any issues that have remained in things like && and 'and' I have no idea.

[pacdiggity]

Righto, so I guess it's mainly a preference thing. I prefer and.
@cozzie, it's so easy to miss things in the help file, isn't it?

[IMP1]

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a = true && false
=> false # a is false
a = true and false
=> false # a is true
&& for me makes more sense, and if I want to use 'and', I'll use && with some parentheses.

[ForeverZero]

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Its is safer to use a "&&" to avoid the statement from being interpreted wrong, though I personally use () in such situations anyway just to make the code a little more over-viewable.