I need quick answer about "!=" equivalent code

[TIapko]

In C i use "!=" how is equivalent at au3 ?

while $a != 5

DOIT()

WEnd

Edited June 26, 2009 by TIapko

[James]

In C i use "!=" how is equivalent at au3 ?

While Not $a = 5
   ; DOIT()
WEnd

Missed code tag.

Edited June 26, 2009 by JamesBrooks

[monoceres]

While Not $a = 5
   ; DOIT()
 WEnd

Missed code tag.

No, you're wrong.

while $a <> 5 
    DOIT() 
    WEnd

[Valik]

While Not $a = 5
  ; DOIT()
 WEnd

Missed code tag.

Totally wrong. That code is:

While (Not $a) = 5

Where Not $a evaluates to either True or False.

Edited July 2, 2009 by Valik
Fixed post due to broken autoit tags.

[TIapko]

10x so much

[James]

Where the expression (Not $a) will be either True of False (a boolean).

My bad, I always forget that. Thanks Valik.

[jvanegmond]

Technically, (not $a == 5) would be more like C if you know that $a is a variant.

Discuss.

[Valik]

Technically, (not $a == 5) would be more like C if you know that $a is a variant.

Discuss.

I fail to see what further misinformation achieves. This is the exact same answer James gave and is the wrong answer.

[jvanegmond]

Seeing as your tags now read "While (Not $a) = 5oÝ÷ Ùhbr¬èr·¬¦§µçhºØ¬ë-jëh×6While $a <> 5" the discussion was hard to follow.

More correct would be: While (Not ($a == 5)).

[Valik]

Seeing as your tags now read "While (Not $a) = 5oÝ÷ Ùhbr¬èr·¬¦§µçhºØ¬ë-jëh×6While $a <> 5" the discussion was hard to follow.

Fixed.

More correct would be: While (Not ($a == 5)).

No, more correct would be While $a <> 5. Your code needless uses parenthesis for grouping (The outer pair). Then it needlessly performs an equality comparison and then inverts the result. Why do all that in so many steps and cause so much extra parsing to be involved when you can just use <> and get it all done in one go? That's like using this code to test for greater-than-or-equal:

If Not ($a < 3) Then

[jvanegmond]

Damn, I thought I could remember doing a test with the == operator once. I repeated that test and different results came out from what I had remembered. I "assumed" that: 5 == "5" returned false. Which is not the case. Sorry to bother.