>>>Does not work with =! though. :-) The things I still learn about VFP ... not all subtlety and nuance.
>>What operator is equal not? aka =! ?
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>It doesn't exist, but it's of the same syntax form as the => and =< with the > and < being there after the equal sign. So, != exists as does >= and <= ... and I was curious if =! also existed since it's of the reversed form. It doesn't.

Yea, but <= and >= are one operator each something you could do with the operands, while != is the negation of the operation = shortened. Full would be ! (a = b), The negation of operations result.

I dislike the != syntax because it's not very clear ...