What does the expression mean in the following code?

[MarkWik]

What does the expression mean in the following code:

alea=a-1;

        do while(alea<a | alea>b);/*this one?*/

           alea = rannor(-1)*s+mean ;

        end;

[LinusH]

SAS(R) 9.4 Language Reference: Concepts, Fourth Edition

Since you and many other find those abstract operators hard to under understand, I discourage the use of these.

[ballardw]

But it is so much fun to write obscure code Linus!  Actually I agree and normally use OR, AND and NOT as appropriate. The extra special fun part with the | operator is you might have meant || or vice versa.