Not operator

Used to perform bitwise negation on an expression.

Syntax:

result = Not expression

result
Any numeric variable.
expression
Any expression.

The following table illustrates how result is determined:

If expression is Then result is
True False
False True
Null Null

The Not operator inverts the bit values of its operand and sets the corresponding bit in result according to the following table:

If bit in expression is Then bit in result is
0 1
1 0

Example

This example uses the Not operator to perform logical negation on an expression.

Dim A, B, C, D, MyCheck
A = 10: B = 8: C = 6: D = Null    ' Initialize variables.
MyCheck = Not (A > B)    ' Returns False.
MyCheck = Not (B > A)    ' Returns True.
MyCheck = Not (C > D)    ' Returns Null.
MyCheck = Not A          ' Returns -11 (bitwise comparison).

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