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The not operator reverses a boolean value.

Parameters

This operator has one parameter:

value – A Boolean (integer) value.

Description

The not operator reverses a Boolean value – true becomes false, false becomes true. Not is a unary operator, so there is no parameter on the left, only a single parameter on the right.

    not true() ☞ false
    not false() ☞ true
    not 1=1 ☞ false
    not "green"="blue" ☞ true

Note for C Programmers: The not operator is equivalent to the ~ operator in C. It actually performs a ones-complement on the value, so you can use this operator if you need to “flip the bits” in a numeric value.

See Also

- < -- compares two values to see if the first value is less than the second value.
- <= -- compares two values to see if the first value is less than or equal to the second value.
- <> -- compares two values to see if they are different.
- = -- compares two values to see if they are the same.
- > -- compares two values to see if the first value is greater than the second value.
- >= -- compares two values to see if the first value is greater than or equal to the second value.
- and -- returns true if both operands are true.
- beginswith -- returns true if the value on the left starts with the value on the right, false if it doesn't.
- between( -- checks to see if a value is between two other values.
- boolstr( -- converts a Boolean value to text, either `"true"` or `"false"`.
- contains -- returns true if the value on the left contains the value on the right, false if it doesn't.
- endswith -- returns true if the value on the left ends with the value on the right, false if it doesn't.
- false( -- returns false.
- like -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- limit( -- checks to see if a value is between a minimum and maximum value. If it is, the value is returned unchanged. If it is below the minimum, the minimum value is returned. If it is above the maximum the maximum value is returned.
- match -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- matchexact -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- not( -- reverses a Boolean value
- notbetween( -- checks to see if a value is *not* between two other values.
- notcontains -- returns true if the value on the left does not contain the value on the right, false if it does.
- notmatch -- checks to see if the text on the left does not match the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- notmatchexact -- checks to see if the text on the left doesn't match the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- or -- returns true if either operand is true, or false if both are false.
- regexmatch -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the regular expression on the right (see Regular Expressions).
- regexmatchexact -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the regular expression on the right (see Regular Expressions).
- soundex( -- computes a four character code that roughly corresponds to the phonetic pronunciation of the word.
- soundslike -- compares two words to see if they "sound like" each other.
- switch( -- chooses from a list of values.
- true( -- returns true.
- xor -- returns true if one of the two parameters is true, false if neither or both are true.

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | Updated | Carried over from Panorama 6.0, but you are no longer required to put parentheses around the formula in a procedure if it begins with the *not* operator.