Inequality Operator Alias

In LotusScript, a boolean inequality check in an If statement is done using <>. For better consistency with other languages VoltScript has introduced the alias !=. Both can be used and there is no difference in how they work, so the following two code blocks will both work the same.

Function checkEmptyString(passedVal as String) as Boolean
    If (passedVal <> "") Then
        Return True
    Else
        Return False
    End If
End Function

Function checkEmptyString(passedVal as String) as Boolean
    If (passedVal != "") Then
        Return True
    Else
        Return False
    End If
End Function

Note

The code is more verbose than necessary, to clearly illustrate the new syntax. Return passedVal != "" would be valid code and more terse.

The syntax can be used for numerics as well as strings:

Function checkNotZero(passedVal as Integer) as Boolean
    If (passedVal != 0) Then
        Return True
    Else
        Return False
    End If
End Function