<> is correct - try selecting it from the comparison operators selection in the formula editor and see if that works. Alternately, try encasing the whole thing in a NOT, as in NOT(({lv_acq_cr.lotsize}*43560) = {lv_acq_cr.lotsqft}).

Otherwise - are those fields numerics? Are the returning the results you are expecting? You might want to try to add to additional fields on the report as a check, one a formular field diplaying the results of the calculation and the other displaying the lotsqft field. See if they truly show up as unequal.

Randy

>I am trying to suppress a text object if two data fields are not equal to each other (lot size in Acres and lot size in Square Feet) so my Suppress Code is:
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>({lv_acq_cr.lotsize}*43560) <> {lv_acq_cr.lotsqft}
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>it doesn't work!--the text object always appears
>However, when I change <> to = then the word is suppressed if the two fields equal each other and not if they are different. I want the opposite!
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>What should I use in Crystal instead of <> to get an accurate not equal to??
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>Thank you!
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>Lynette