Any - Function Summary

Summary:

Shortcut OR. Evaluates and returns the first value that is not FALSE or NONE.

Usage:

any block

Arguments:

block - Block of expressions (must be: block)

Description:

Evaluates each expression in a block until one of the expressions returns a value other than NONE or FALSE, in which case the value is returned. Otherwise, NONE will be returned.

print any [1 none]
1

print any [none 1]
1

print any [none none]
none

print any [false none]
none

print any [true none]
true

time: 10:30
if any [time > 10:00  time < 11:00] [print "time is now"]
time is now

No other expressions are evaluated beyond the point where a successful value is found:

a: 0
any [none a: 2]
print a
2

a: 0
any [1 a: 2]
print a
0

day: 10
time: 9:45
ready: any [day > 5  time < 10:00  time: 12:00]
print time
9:45

Related:

all - Shortcut AND. Evaluates and returns at the first FALSE or NONE. and - Returns the first value ANDed with the second. or - Returns the first value ORed with the second.