Question

Are "!=" and "== false" the same thing?

Answer 1

No, these operators are not the same.

"!=" shows that something is not equal to another thing. For example "x != 0"
This means that the value "x" is not equal to 0.

"= false" only sets a the value of something, such as "x", to false.

x == false would compare false with the value of the boolean variable x

Answer 2

No, they are not the same. != is checking whether two things are "not equal" to each other. You can use this on integers... e.g. (6 != 7) would evaluate to true, and (6 != 6) would evaluate to false.

x == false on the other hand, is checking whether x is specifically equal to the value false.

6 == false would evaluate to false, and true == false would evaluate to false, but false == false would evaluate to true!

Answer 3

No these two are not the same thing. For example (x != 3) is saying that the condition is true when it does not equal that specific value. Saying (x==false) means that no matter what x is, it is false, which is a boolean value.