a != b

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Description

Description:

Returns whether one value is not equal to another. String comparison is case-insensitive (e.g "STRINGtext" != "stringTEXT" // returns false).

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Before Arma 3 v2.00 one was not able to compare Booleans: alive player != true // would throw an error

Groups:

VariablesMath

Syntax

Syntax:

a != b

Parameters:

a: Number, Side, String, Object, Group, Structured Text, Config, Display, Control, Location, Diary Record (since Arma 3 v2.00), Namespace (since Arma 3 v2.00), Boolean (since Arma 3 v2.00)

b: Number, Side, String, Object, Group, Structured Text, Config, Display, Control, Location, Diary Record (since Arma 3 v2.00), Namespace (since Arma 3 v2.00), Boolean (since Arma 3 v2.00)

Return Value:

Boolean - true if a is different from b

Examples

Example 1:

if (_counter != 4) then { hint "The counter is not equal to the number 4"; }

Example 2:

if (vehicle player != player) then { hint "you are in a vehicle"; } else { hint "you are on foot"; }

Example 3:

if (fuel truck1 != 1) then { hint "Truck1 has less than a full tank of fuel."; }

Example 4:

Since Arma 3 v2.00if (alive _unit1 != alive _unit2) then {hint "One of the units is dead while another is alive"};

Additional Information

See also:

==Operators

Notes

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