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Started by Hayashi, Apr 26 2012 11:36 AM

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How do you express the concept not equals to in typing?

  1. =/= (16 votes [33.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 33.33%

  2. <> (2 votes [4.17%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.17%

  3. != (17 votes [35.42%])

    Percentage of vote: 35.42%

  4. ≠ (You actually bother to open the character map every time you need to type this, or memorise the hexcode) (7 votes [14.58%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.58%

  5. /= (2 votes [4.17%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.17%

  6. \neq (1 votes [2.08%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.08%

  7. "not equals to" (2 votes [4.17%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.17%

  8. Other (please specify) (1 votes [2.08%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.08%

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#1 Hayashi

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 11:36 AM

Random question for a random hour. And because I like polls.

**Edit: and because =/= != <>, if know what I mean. :lol: **

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 11:38 AM

I'm familiar with programming. != is the way to go.

#3 mwhighlander

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 11:40 AM

!= (Coding) =/= (Lazy) ≠ (When doing Bio-Chem Lab reports)

#4 Ramien

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 11:45 AM

I use most of those at one time or another, depending on audience and/or the code I'm typing at the moment.

#5 Hayashi

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 11:59 AM

So far != is winning by a very large margin. Are we all programmers here? :P

#6 Adridos

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:04 PM

Other.

The programming languages I am learining right now (9th place on the natinal programming competition in Logo - Imagine) do not recognize the negative, so I always just type equals the negative of what I want/do not want. ^_^

At least we finally started learning Pascal through Lazarus. :)

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:10 PM

<> mostly because I prefer it, however to be a good little programmer, I have != seared into the recesses of my brain.

#8 Arctic Fox

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:11 PM

View PostHayashi, on 26 April 2012 - 11:59 AM, said:

So far != is winning by a very large margin. Are we all programmers here? :P


Yes. B)

#9 pesco

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:33 PM

You're missing some obvious choices: \neq (LaTeX) and /= (Haskell, Algol, Fortran, LISP)

#10 Hayashi

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:35 PM

View Postpesco, on 26 April 2012 - 12:33 PM, said:

You're missing some obvious choices: \neq (LaTeX) and /= (Haskell, Algol, Fortran, LISP)

Never even seen those before. :blink:

Edit: Added.

#11 Trevnor

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:39 PM

I'm lazy, and not a programmer, so it's =/= for me

#12 Zakatak

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 01:35 PM

1 =/= 2

#13 Oppi

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 01:48 PM

Since I wrote my Bachelor Thesis in LaTeX, \neq is the only way to do it right for me :D

Edit: Hm ... seems I'm the only nerdy mathematician around here ^^

Edited by Oppi, 26 April 2012 - 01:48 PM.

#14 Fiachdubh

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 02:47 PM

Either "not equals to" or ≠ depending on the situation.

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 04:48 PM

Voted "!=".

Not a programmer, however I have come across it enough times on the internet. So it works just fine.

#16 Volturnus

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 09:41 PM

!= only when programming, =/= any other time because most people can figure out what =/= means.

#17 Insidious Johnson

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 09:03 PM

View PostOppi, on 26 April 2012 - 01:48 PM, said:

Since I wrote my Bachelor Thesis in LaTeX, \neq is the only way to do it right for me :D

Edit: Hm ... seems I'm the only nerdy mathematician around here ^^

mathematicians approach humor asymptotically, of course!

#18 Program 024

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Posted 30 April 2012 - 12:33 PM

I'm a programmer, so the one that makes most sense to use is !=

Or its because I have logged a bit of time with booleans and if statements...

#19 Motionless

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Posted 30 April 2012 - 03:35 PM

I generally use ≠, but =/= works as well.

#20 Catamount

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Posted 30 April 2012 - 06:31 PM

≠ when I'm doing something formal and feel like inserting the character; != for quick use
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