Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As Byte, ByRef rhs As Byte ) As Integer
Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As UByte, ByRef rhs As UByte ) As Integer
Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As Short, ByRef rhs As Short ) As Integer
Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As UShort, ByRef rhs As UShort ) As Integer
Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As Integer, ByRef rhs As Integer ) As Integer
Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As UInteger, ByRef rhs As UInteger ) As Integer
Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As LongInt, ByRef rhs As LongInt ) As Integer
Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As ULongInt, ByRef rhs As ULongInt ) As Integer

Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As String, ByRef rhs As String ) As Integer
Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As ZString, ByRef rhs As ZString ) As Integer
Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As WString, ByRef rhs As WString ) As Integer

Declare Operator <> ( ByRef lhs As T, ByRef rhs As T ) As Integer

result = lhs <> rhs

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Returns negative one (-1) if expressions are not equal, or zero (0) if equal.

Operator <> (Not equal) is a binary operator that compares two expressions for inequality and returns the result - a boolean value in the form of an Integer: negative one (-1) for true and zero (0) for false. The arguments are not modified in any way.

This operator can be overloaded to accept user-defined types as well.

Dim As String a = "hello", b = "world"
Dim As Integer i = 10, j = i

If (a <> b) Then
  Print a & " does not equal " & b
End If

If (i <> j) Then
  Print "error: " & i & " does not equal " & j
End If

Operator = (Equal) is complement to Operator <> (Not equal), and is functionally identical when combined with Operator Not (Bit-wise Complement).

   If (69 <> 420) Then Print "(420 <> 420) is true."
   If Not (69 = 420) Then Print "not (69 = 420) is true."

• In the -lang qb dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.
  
  

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• Operator = (Equal)