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<bookmark_value>Not operator (logical)</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="par_id3159414" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Negates an expression by inverting the bit values.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3149457" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3150360" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Result = Not Expression</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3151211" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147228" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Result:</emph> Any numeric variable that contains the result of the negation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154124" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Expression:</emph> Any expression that you want to negate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150868" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">When a Boolean expression is negated, the value True changes to False, and the value False changes to True.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145785" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">In a bitwise negation each individual bit is inverted.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3153093" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341144144" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleNot</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341142912" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim vA As Variant, vB As Variant, vC As Variant, vD As Variant</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341141632" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim vOut As Variant</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341140400" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> vA = 10: vB = 8: vC = 6: vD = Null</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145749" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> vOut = Not vA ' Returns -11</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148645" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> vOut = Not(vC > vD) ' Returns -1</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156441" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> vOut = Not(vB > vA) ' Returns -1</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3152596" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> vOut = Not(vA > vB) ' Returns 0</paragraph>
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