Operators (Chapter 11)

Operators are used to compare some type of condition with a variable and then evaluate a value as directed by the expression. WMLScript enables several operator types. The following is a list of operators provided with WMLScript:

  • Assignment operators

  • Arithmetic operators

  • Logical operators

  • String operators

  • Comparison operators

  • Array operators

  • Comma operators

  • Conditional operators

  • typeof operators

  • isvalid operators

Assignment Operators

Assignment operators are useful for setting variables to some value. Table B.4 lists the WMLScript assignment operators.

Table B.4. The WMLScript Assignment Operators
Operation WMLScript Operator
Assign. =
Add (numbers)/concatenate (strings) and assign. +=
Subtract and assign. -=
Multiply and assign. ...

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