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PIIdentity.Inequality Operator

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PIIdentity.Inequality Operator

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Last UpdatedJan 12, 2026
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The inequality operator (!=) compares its operands to determine if they are not equal.

Namespace: OSIsoft.AF.PI
Assembly: OSIsoft.AFSDK (in OSIsoft.AFSDK.dll) Version: 3.2.0.7

Syntax

public static bool operator !=(
	PIIdentity lhs,
	PIIdentity rhs
)

Public Shared Operator <> ( 
	lhs As PIIdentity,
	rhs As PIIdentity
) As Boolean

Dim lhs As PIIdentity
Dim rhs As PIIdentity
Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = (lhs <> rhs)

public:
static bool operator !=(
	PIIdentity^ lhs, 
	PIIdentity^ rhs
)

static let inline (<>)
        lhs : PIIdentity * 
        rhs : PIIdentity  : bool

Parameters

lhs: Type: OSIsoft.AF.PIPIIdentity
Left hand operator.
rhs: Type: OSIsoft.AF.PIPIIdentity
Right hand operator.

Return Value

Type: Boolean
Returns if its operands are equal, otherwise.

Remarks

This method will indicate whether the specified object of the same type is not equal to the current object. See the documentation for the IEquatable<T>.Equals method for more information about this operator.

Version Information

AFSDK

Supported in: 3.1.1, 3.1.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.0, 2.10.11, 2.10.5, 2.10.0, 2.10, 2.9.5, 2.9, 2.8.5, 2.8, 2.7.5, 2.7, 2.6

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