Difference between "and" and && in Ruby?

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Question

What is the difference between the && and and operators in Ruby?


Answer

and is the same as && but with lower precedence. They both use [short-circuit evaluation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short- circuit_evaluation).

WARNING: and even has lower precedence than = so you'll usually want to avoid and. An example when and should be used can be found in the Rails Guide under "[Avoiding Double Render Errors](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/layouts_and_rendering.html#avoiding- double-render-errors)".