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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-|x1= Some basic examples of the usage of this operator.
+|x1= <code>[[if]] (_counter != 4) [[then]] {
+    [[hint]] "The counter is not equal to the number 4";
+}</code> |= Example 1
- counter !<nowiki>=</nowiki> 4
+|x2= <code>[[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.";
+}</code> |= Example 2
- [[side]] [[player]] !<nowiki>=</nowiki> [[west]]
+|x3= <code>[[if]] ([[fuel]] truck1 != 1) [[then]] {
+    [[hint]] "Truck1 has less than a full tank of fuel.";
- nameofplayer !<nowiki>=</nowiki> "John Doe"
+}</code> |= Example 3
- [[vehicle]] [[player]] !<nowiki>=</nowiki> [[player]]
- [[group]] [[player]] !<nowiki>=</nowiki> [[group]] soldierOne
- [[if]] ([[fuel]] truck1 !<nowiki>=</nowiki> 1) [[then]]
- {
-     [[hint]] "Truck1 has less than a full tank of fuel.";
- } |=
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