a != b: Difference between revisions

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Syntax:: a != b
Parameters:: a: Number, Side, String, Object, Group, Structured Text, Config, Display or Control; since VBS2 1.24: Location
: b: Number, Side, String, Object, Group, Structured Text, Config, Display or Control; since VBS2 1.24: Location
Return Value:: Boolean - true if a is not the same as b

Example 1:: if (_counter != 4) then { hint "The counter is not equal to the number 4"; }
Example 2:: if (vehicle player != player) then { tsk = player createSimpleTask ["StormTheCastle"]; tsk setSimpleTaskDescription ["Now you have a vehicle, storm the castle.", "Mobile mayhem!", "Castle"]; tsk setSimpleTaskDestination (getMarkerPos "cstl"); tsk setTaskState "Assigned"; player setCurrentTask tsk; } else { hint "Get in the tank."; }
Example 3:: if (fuel truck1 != 1) then { hint "Truck1 has less than a full tank of fuel."; }

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Posted on Feb 5, 2007 - 11:00
Ceeeb: In OFP v1.96, comparison of strings is not case sensitive. Example : "STRINGtext" != "stringTEXT" returns false.

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 |x1= <code>[[if]] (_counter != 4) [[then]] {
      [[hint]] "The counter is not equal to the number 4";
-}</code> |= Example 1
+}</code> |EXAMPLE1=
 |x2= <code>[[if]] ([[vehicle]] [[player]] != [[player]]) [[then]] {
@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 } [[else]] {
      [[hint]] "Get in the tank.";
-}</code> |= Example 2
+}</code> |EXAMPLE2=
 |x3= <code>[[if]] ([[fuel]] truck1 != 1) [[then]] {
      [[hint]] "Truck1 has less than a full tank of fuel.";
-}</code> |= Example 3
+}</code> |EXAMPLE3=
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