What is better: if NOT ...==... or if NOT (... == ...) ?

[pstein]

I want to check if both sides of the equl sign are equal.
If not the "If" branch should be executed.

Should I use brackets or not?

if NOT ...==...

or

if NOT (... == ...)

In other words what has a higher priority == or NOT ?

Peter

[jeb]

Hi pstein,

I would recommend the form

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if NOT "%var1%"=="%var2%" ( echo true ) ELSE (echo false)

The "bracket" variant will always result to false
Because batch always make a string compare and the brackets haven't any special meaning there you would compare
(leftside with rightside) also the brackets are compared then.

hope it helps

jeb