name for a mutually inclusive relationship
Alan Gauld
alan.gauld at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Feb 24 15:40:04 EST 2021
On 24/02/2021 16:12, Ethan Furman wrote:
> I'm looking for a name for a group of options that, when one is specified, all of them must be specified.
>
> For contrast,
>
> - radio buttons: a group of options where only one can be specified (mutually exclusive)
> - check boxes: a group of options that are independent of each other (any number of
> them may be specified)
>
> - ???: a group of options where, if one is specified, all must be specified (mutually
> inclusive)
Given that radio buttons and check boxes are all effectively
using boolean states, doesn't this mean none of the group
or all of the group?
In which case it's a single boolean value - a check box that
controls all options.
I suspect I'm missing something...
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