What does operator ~= mean in Lua?

The ~= symbol or operator in Lua is known as the not-equal to operator. In many programming languages you might have seen the symbol != which is also known as the not equals operator.

Let’s consider a few examples where we can make use of the not equals operator.

Example

Consider the examples shown below −

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a = 2
b = 3
print(a ~= b)

Output

true

Example

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t1 = {4,2,3}
t2 = {2,3,4}
print(t1 ~= t2)

Output

true

Mukul Latiyan

Updated on 19-Jul-2021 11:30:44

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