Operator Not (Complement)
Returns the bitwise-not (complement) of a numeric value
Syntax
`
Declare Operator Not ( ByRef rhs As Byte ) As Integer
Declare Operator Not ( ByRef rhs As UByte ) As Integer
Declare Operator Not ( ByRef rhs As Single ) As Integer
Declare Operator Not ( ByRef rhs As Double ) As Integer
Declare Operator Not ( ByRef rhs As T ) As T
`
Usage
`
result = Not rhs
`
Parameters
`rhs`
The right-hand side expression.
`T`
Any numeric or boolean type.
Return Value
Returns the bitwise-complement of its operand.
Description
This operator returns the bitwise-complement of its operand, a logical operation that results in a value with bits set depending on the bits of the operand.
(for a boolean type, '`Not` false' returns 'true' and '`Not` true' returns 'false')
The truth table below demonstrates all combinations of a boolean-complement operation:

Rhs Bit | Result
0 | 1
1 | 0

This operator can be overloaded for user-defined types.
Example
`
' Using the NOT operator on a numeric value
Dim numeric_value As Byte
numeric_value = 15 '00001111
'Result = -16 = 11110000
Print Not numeric_value
`
`
' Using the NOT operator on conditional expressions
Dim As UByte numeric_value1, numeric_value2
numeric_value1 = 15
numeric_value2 = 25
If Not numeric_value1 = 10 Then Print "Numeric_Value1 is not equal to 10"
If Not numeric_value2 = 25 Then Print "Numeric_Value2 is not equal to 25"
' This will output "Numeric_Value1 is not equal to 10" because
' the first IF statement is false.
' It will not output the result of the second IF statement because the
' condition is true.
`
Dialect Differences

- In the -lang qb dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.

Differences from QB

- None

See also

- Operator Truth Tables