Not Equal To (NE)

When enabled, the NE instruction and the operator not equal to symbol test whether Source A is not equal to Source B.
Available Languages
Ladder Diagram
NE ladder instruction
Structured Text
This instruction is not available in structured text.
TIP: Use the
< >
 operator with an expression to achieve the same result. Refer to Structured Text syntax for more information on the syntax of expressions and assignments within structured text.
Operands
There are data conversion rules for mixing numeric data types within an instruction. See Data conversions.
Ladder Diagram
Numeric Comparison
Operand
Data Type
Format
Description
Source A
SINT
INT
DINT
LINT
USINT
UINT
UDINT
ULINT
REAL
LREAL
immediate
tag
Value to test against Source B
Source B
SINT
INT
DINT
LINT
USINT
UINT
UDINT
ULINT
REAL
LREAL
immediate
tag
Value to test against Source A
String Comparison
Operand
Data Type
Format
Description
Source A
String type
immediate literal value
tag
String to test against Source B
Source B
String type
immediate literal value
tag
String to test against Source A
Affects Math Status Flags
No
Major/Minor Faults
See
NE String Compare Flow Chart
 for faults.
See Index through arrays for array-indexing faults.
Execution
Ladder Diagram
Condition/State
Action Taken
Prescan
N/A
Rung-condition-in is false
Set Rung-condition-out to Rung-condition-in
Rung-condition-in is true
Numeric compare:
If Source A or Source B is NAN or Source A is not equal to Source B.
Set Rung-condition-out to true
else
Clear Rung-condition-out to false.
String compare:
See
NE String Compare Flow Chart
.
If output is false
Clear Rung-condition-out to false
else
Set Rung-condition-out to true
Postscan
N/A
Examples
Ladder Diagram
NE ladder instruction example
Structured Text
if value_1 <> value_2 then
  light_4 := 1; 
else 
  light_4 := 0; 
end_if; 
if value_3 <> ’I am EQUAL’ then 
  light_5 := 1; 
else 
  light_5 := 0; 
end_if;
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