{"name":"isNotEqualRef","title":"isNotEqualRef","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isNotEqualRef","revid":338493,"updated":"2023-03-10T17:30:50Z","groups":["Variables"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"2.12"},"since":"arma3 2.12","arma3_since":"2.12","description":"Compares two values by reference, returns true if not equal.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"val1 isNotEqualRef val2","params":[{"name":"val1","type":"Anything","type_expr":"Anything"},{"name":"val2","type":"Anything","type_expr":"Anything"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean","type_expr":"Boolean","description":"true if not the same reference"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"val1"},"right":{"text":"val2"}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_arr1 = [1,[2,[3]]];\n_arr2 = _arr1;\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;        // true\n_arr1 isNotEqualRef _arr2;    // false\n\n_arr2 = +_arr1;                // array copy\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;        // true\n_arr1 isNotEqualRef _arr2;    // true\n```","code":["_arr1 = [1,[2,[3]]];\n_arr2 = _arr1;\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;\t\t// true\n_arr1 isNotEqualRef _arr2;\t// false\n\n_arr2 = +_arr1;\t\t\t\t// array copy\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;\t\t// true\n_arr1 isNotEqualRef _arr2;\t// true"]}],"see_also":["isEqualRef","isNotEqualTo","Operators"]}