Why this string compare doesn't work Topic is solved

[AHKStudent]

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var := "today-xyz"
test := strsplit(var, "-").2 
;msgbox, % test
if (test != "xyz") || (test != "fff")
{
	MsgBox, xyz ; why is this msgbox showing if it does = xyz
}
else
{
msgbox, ignore
}

ExitApp

[gregster]

why is this msgbox showing if it does = xyz

You are using or (||) - so (test != "fff") will evaluate to true, if var is xyz, because it's not fff.
Because you use or, that's enough to make the whole expression true.

[AHKStudent]

why is this msgbox showing if it does = xyz

You are using or (||) - so (test != "fff") will evaluate to true, if var is xyz, because it's not fff.
Because you use or, that's enough to make the whole expression true.

thanks I changed it to &&