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Returns 1 if and only if either input value is non-zero.
| Usage | Returns | Number.or(right) | Number |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: left | Number | The left-hand value. |
right | Number | The right-hand value. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print('Either 0 or 5 non-zero?', ee.Number(0).or(ee.Number(5))); // 1
print('Either 0 or 0 non-zero?', ee.Number(0).or(ee.Number(0))); // 0
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print('Either 0 or 5 non-zero?', ee.Number(0).Or(ee.Number(5)).getInfo()) # 1
print('Either 0 or 0 non-zero?', ee.Number(0).Or(ee.Number(0)).getInfo()) # 0
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Last updated 2023-12-06 UTC.
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