ne (string !=)

SWiSH Player Support
SWF4 or later - Supported Internally

Syntax
a ne b

Description
Similar to != , however it ensures that string comparison is always used, even if either value is a number.

Sample
a = "hi";
b = "there";
trace(a != b); 
   // For SWF4, returns 0 (false) as both a and b are  converted to numeric and  equate  to  0
trace(a ne b);    // returns 1 (true) as strings are different, which is the expected result.