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<chapter id="functions">
<title>Functions and Operators</title>
<literal>3</literal>).
</para>
+ <para>
+ In addition to the comparison operators, the special
+ <token>BETWEEN</token> construct is available.
+<synopsis>
+<replaceable>a</replaceable> BETWEEN <replaceable>x</replaceable> AND <replaceable>y</replaceable>
+</synopsis>
+ is equivalent to
+<synopsis>
+<replaceable>a</replaceable> >= <replaceable>x</replaceable> AND <replaceable>a</replaceable> <= <replaceable>y</replaceable>
+</synopsis>
+ Similarly,
+<synopsis>
+<replaceable>a</replaceable> NOT BETWEEN <replaceable>x</replaceable> AND <replaceable>y</replaceable>
+</synopsis>
+ is equivalent to
+<synopsis>
+<replaceable>a</replaceable> < <replaceable>x</replaceable> OR <replaceable>a</replaceable> > <replaceable>y</replaceable>
+</synopsis>
+ There is no difference between the two respective forms apart from
+ the <acronym>CPU</acronym> cycles required to rewrite the first one
+ into the second one internally.
+ </para>
+
<para>
To check whether a value is or is not NULL, use the constructs
<synopsis>