---
title: "!=(_:_:)"
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Operator
path: "swift/int64/!=(_:_:)-3fzrz"
---

# !=(_:_:)

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the two given values are not equal.

## Declaration

```swift
static func != <Other>(lhs: Self, rhs: Other) -> Bool where Other : BinaryInteger
```

## Parameters

- `lhs`: An integer to compare.
- `rhs`: Another integer to compare.

## Discussion

Discussion You can check the inequality of instances of any BinaryInteger types using the not-equal-to operator (!=). For example, you can test whether the first UInt8 value in a string’s UTF-8 encoding is not equal to the first UInt32 value in its Unicode scalar view: let gameName = "Red Light, Green Light" if let firstUTF8 = gameName.utf8.first,     let firstScalar = gameName.unicodeScalars.first?.value {     print("First code values are different: \(firstUTF8 != firstScalar)") } // Prints "First code values are different: false"