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<B>EVENP</B> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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The <em>evenp</em> logical operator returns
<A HREF=r37_0122.html>true</A> if its argument is an
even integer, and
<A HREF=r37_0014.html>nil</A> if its argument is an odd integer. An error
message is returned if its argument is not an integer.
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syntax: </H3>
<em>evenp</em>(<integer>) or <em>evenp</em> <integer>
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<integer> must evaluate to an integer.
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examples: </H3>
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aa := 1782;
AA := 1782
if evenp aa then yes else no;
YES
if evenp(-3) then yes else no;
NO
</TT></PRE><P>Although you would not ordinarily enter an expression such as the
last
example above, note that the negative term must be enclosed in parentheses
to be correctly parsed. The <em>evenp</em> operator can only be used in
conditional statements such as <em>if</em>...<em>then</em>...<em>else</em>
or <em>while</em>...<em>do</em>.
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