ee.Number.neq

  • neq is a function that checks if two numbers are not equal to each other, returning 1 if they are not equal and 0 if they are.

  • This function takes two arguments: left (the first number) and right (the second number), both of which should be of type Number.

  • It can be utilized in both JavaScript and Python environments within the Google Earth Engine.

 Returns 1 if and only if the first value is not equal to the second.

UsageReturns
Number.neq(right)Number
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: leftNumberThe left-hand value.
rightNumberThe right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print('5 is not equal to 10', ee.Number(5).neq(ee.Number(10)));  // 1
print('5 is not equal to 5', ee.Number(5).neq(ee.Number(5)));  // 0

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

print('5 is not equal to 10:', ee.Number(5).neq(ee.Number(10)).getInfo())  # 1
print('5 is not equal to 5:', ee.Number(5).neq(ee.Number(5)).getInfo())  # 0