in reply to Re: Multiple numeric not or compare in if statement
in thread Multiple numeric not or compare in if statement

OP: maybe it was an oversight, but when changing the nested logic in a condition such as that you must necessarily change the higher level logic if you wish for the original to be equivalent exactly opposite to the negated version.

if (($a == 3) || ($a == 77) || ($a == 8)) -- is exactly opposite to -- if (($a != 3) && ($a != 77) && ($a != 8))

Update: correct - meant to show exact opposites, used the most wrong possible to describe this.

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Re^3: Multiple numeric not or compare in if statement
by haukex (Archbishop) on Jul 02, 2020 at 07:44 UTC
    if (($a == 3) || ($a == 77) || ($a == 8)) -- is equivalent to -- if (($a != 3) && ($a != 77) && ($a != 8))

    No, those two aren't equivalent, they're exact opposites. It seems you didn't apply what you said:

    when changing the nested logic in a condition such as that you must necessarily change the higher level logic if you wish for the original to be equivalent to the negated version.
    if (($a == 3) || ($a == 77) || ($a == 8)) -- is equivalent to -- if (!( ($a != 3) && ($a != 77) && ($a != 8) ))
      Thanks, updated. Meant to show the exact opposite; said the opposite thing instead.
Re^3: Multiple numeric not or compare in if statement
by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Jul 02, 2020 at 15:33 UTC