Major Section: PROGRAMMING
(/= x y)
is logically equivalent to (not (equal x y))
.
Unlike equal
, /=
has a guard requiring both of its arguments
to be numbers. Generally, /=
is executed more efficiently than
a combination of not
and equal
.
For a discussion of the various ways to test against 0, See zero-test-idioms.
/=
is a Common Lisp function. See any Common Lisp documentation
for more information.