# \`&\` does not appear to shortcircuit but \`&&\` does not work, is ther
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-not-appear-to-shortcircuit-but-does-not-work-is-ther/54345
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-not-appear-to-shortcircuit-but-does-not-work-is-ther/54345 "2021-01-31T21:42:25Z")
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### Author:  [@BridgeBot](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BridgeBot)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-not-appear-to-shortcircuit-but-does-not-work-is-ther/54345/1 "2021-01-31T21:42:25Z")
`&` does not appear to shortcircuit but `&&` does not work, is there another operator for broadcasted short-circuiting logical AND?
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### Author:  [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-not-appear-to-shortcircuit-but-does-not-work-is-ther/54345/2 "2021-01-31T22:23:12Z")
The answer, as per slack, is that `&&` is not a _really_ a function, but is rather a “core syntax” of the language.
This comes with certain limitations, `&&` cannot be broadcasted. A solution is to use `map`, or `broadcast`, i.e.
```julia
((x, y) -> (x && y)).(a, b)
```
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### Author:  [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-not-appear-to-shortcircuit-but-does-not-work-is-ther/54345/3 "2021-01-31T22:34:02Z")
@carstenbauer, it looks like BridgeBot is incorrectly translating special characters like `&` as HTML entities like `&`?
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### Author:  [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-not-appear-to-shortcircuit-but-does-not-work-is-ther/54345/4 "2021-01-31T22:36:36Z")
Yes, I have an issue open here: [GitHub - JuliaCommunity/SlackBridge](https://github.com/JuliaCommunity/SlackBridge) will investigate.