asp classic - What is the '<>' asp operator?

Question

Simple question. I tried searching, by googling for less than and greater than signs doesn't return great results.

My guess is that <> is basically equivalent to not equals. So, the below expression would be false if x is null or an empty string, and true otherwise?

if x <> ""

Answer 1

This would also return True if a value is contained in the entity listed. This is commonly used to look for quesrystring or form elements that may or may not have been supplied:

If Request("someFieldName") <> "" Then
  ' Field was provided and has a value, so use the field value
Else
  ' Field was either empty or not provided, in which case use something else
End If

Hope this helps.