Corticon Studio: Rule Language Guide : Categories of rule operators : General terms

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General terms

Corticon's General operators are categorized as Literals and Functions.

Literals

Literal Terms can be used in any section of the Rulesheet, except Scope and Rule Statements. Exceptions to this general statement exist – see individual literals for detailed usage restrictions.

Corticon's Literals operators are as follows:

	Name and Syntax	Returns	Description
Null
	null	none	The null value corresponds to one of three different scenarios: the absence of an attribute in a Ruletest scenario the absence of data for an attribute in a Ruletest scenario an object that has a value of null
True
	true or T	Boolean	Represents Boolean value true
False
	false or F	Boolean	Represents the Boolean value false
Other
	other	any	When included in a condition’s Values set, other represents any value not explicitly included in the set, including null.
CellValue
	cellValue	any	cellValue is a variable whose value is determined by the rule Column that executes

Functions

Corticon's Functions operators are as follows:

	Name and Syntax	Returns	Description
Now
	now	Date	Returns the current system date and time when the rule is executed.
Today
	today	Date	Returns the current system date when the rule is executed.