What does this operator mean?

Question

I am going through a C code that I did in one of my assembly MIPS classes and I dont know what one of the operators mean:

if (TOKEN[0] <> symTab[$a0])

Thats the line. what does the <> mean?

Thanks.

Answer 1

It looks like "not equal to" was intended.

The correct operator in standard C is != .

Answer 2

That code is not C and in fact it's a Pascal like syntax. The use of the NOT EQUALS operator <> and the hex literal prefix $ indicate that.

Answer 3

It's another way of representing IS NOT or NOT EQUAL . The valid operator is != in C.

You can use <> in SQL. I posted so late because I couldn't remember the language that used it.

EDIT: Actually it was Pascal as well that I was thinking of that also uses <> , as David mentions.