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Description:: Returns the negation of a Boolean expression. This means true becomes false and vice versa.
Alias:: not
Groups:: Variables Math

Example 1:: The code
private _isAlive = alive player; if (!_isAlive) then { hint "The player is dead!"; };
is the same as
private _isAlive = alive player; if (not _isAlive) then { hint "The player is dead!"; };

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 |gr2= Math
-|descr= Returns the negation of a Boolean expression. That means <tt>[[true]]</tt> becomes <tt>[[false]]</tt> and vice versa.
+|descr= Returns the negation of a Boolean expression. This means {{hl|[[true]]}} becomes {{hl|[[false]]}} and vice versa.
-|s1= '''!''' a
+|alias= [[not]]
+|s1= [[! a|!]] a
 |p1= a: [[Boolean]]
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 |x1= The code
-<code>[[private]] _isAlive = [[alive]] [[player]];
+<sqf>private _isAlive = alive player;
-[[if]] ([[!_a|!]]_isAlive) [[then]] {
+if (!_isAlive) then
-	[[hint]] "The player is dead!";
+{
-}</code>
+	hint "The player is dead!";
+};</sqf>
 is the same as
-<code>[[private]] _isAlive = [[alive]] [[player]];
+<sqf>private _isAlive = alive player;
-[[if]] ([[not]] _isAlive) [[then]] {
+if (not _isAlive) then
-	[[hint]] "The player is dead!";
+{
-}</code>
+	hint "The player is dead!";
+};</sqf>
-|seealso= [[not]], [[Operators]]
+|seealso= [[not]] [[Operators]]
 }}