IsNot Operator (Visual Basic)

result

Required. A Boolean value.

object1

Required. Any Object variable or expression.

object2

Required. Any Object variable or expression.

The IsNot operator determines if two object references refer to different objects. However, it does not perform value comparisons. If object1 and object2 both refer to the exact same object instance, result is False; if they do not, result is True.

IsNot is the opposite of the Is operator. The advantage of IsNot is that you can avoid awkward syntax with Not and Is, which can be difficult to read.

You can use the Is and IsNot operators to test both early-bound and late-bound objects.

Note
The IsNot operator cannot be used to compare expressions returned from the TypeOf operator. Instead, you must use the Not and Is operators.

The following code example uses both the Is operator and the IsNot operator to accomplish the same comparison.

Dim o1, o2 As New Object 
If Not o1 Is o2 Then MsgBox("o1 and o2 do not refer to the same instance.")
If o1 IsNot o2 Then MsgBox("o1 and o2 do not refer to the same instance.")

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