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title: != (not-equals)
slug: not-equals
docTags: 
createdAt: 2021-09-14T17:53:03.000Z
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Returns all records where the value of a given field and a given expression are **not** the same.

### Syntax

`expression1 != expression2`

### Sample usage

`tenure!=3` returns all records where `tenure` is not `3`.

`department!="engineering"` returns all records where `department` is not `engineering`.

`startDate!=('2021-01-01')` returns all records where `startDate` is not `01/01/2021`.

### Supported data types

- Evaluated expressions can be of any type.
- `String` comparisons are case-insensitive.
- If either side of the comparison is a `List` then the comparison will return true if there are any values in common.

### See also

- [= (equals)](docId:50o8vwTa5Zp6SV8DQdwjl) 
- [!= (not-equals)](docId\:G6PRxUTGM2VRCNW7HcqrY) 
- [! (not)](docId\:Hdagli50AFSEam4jX6B8N)