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Testing Expressions
  • Functions
    • AlgebraicIntegerQ
    • AllTrue
    • AlphabeticOrder
    • And
    • AnyTrue
    • ArrayQ
    • AtomQ
    • Between
    • BooleanQ
    • ContainsAll
    • ContainsAny
    • ContainsExactly
    • ContainsNone
    • ContainsOnly
    • CoprimeQ
    • DateObjectQ
    • DigitQ
    • DisjointQ
    • DuplicateFreeQ
    • Equal
    • EqualTo
    • EvenQ
    • False
    • Greater
    • GreaterEqual
    • GreaterEqualThan
    • GreaterThan
    • IntegerQ
    • IntersectingQ
    • Less
    • LessEqual
    • LessEqualThan
    • LessThan
    • LetterQ
    • LexicographicOrder
    • ListQ
    • MachineNumberQ
    • MatchQ
    • MatrixQ
    • MemberQ
    • NearestTo
    • Negative
    • NoneTrue
    • NonNegative
    • NonPositive
    • Not
    • NumberQ
    • NumericalOrder
    • NumericQ
    • OddQ
    • Or
    • Order
    • OrderedQ
    • PolynomialExpressionQ
    • PolynomialQ
    • Positive
    • PossibleZeroQ
    • PrimeQ
    • RationalExpressionQ
    • RealValuedNumberQ
    • RealValuedNumericQ
    • SameAs
    • SameQ
    • StringFreeQ
    • StringMatchQ
    • StringQ
    • SubsetQ
    • SyntaxQ
    • TimeObjectQ
    • True
    • TrueQ
    • Unequal
    • UnequalTo
    • UnsameQ
    • VectorQ
  • Related Guides
    • Conditionals
    • Atomic Elements of Expressions
    • Wolfram Language Patterns
    • Logic & Boolean Algebra
  • Tech Notes
    • Relational and Logical Operators
    • Putting Constraints on Patterns
    • Specifying Types of Expression in Patterns
    • Functions
      • AlgebraicIntegerQ
      • AllTrue
      • AlphabeticOrder
      • And
      • AnyTrue
      • ArrayQ
      • AtomQ
      • Between
      • BooleanQ
      • ContainsAll
      • ContainsAny
      • ContainsExactly
      • ContainsNone
      • ContainsOnly
      • CoprimeQ
      • DateObjectQ
      • DigitQ
      • DisjointQ
      • DuplicateFreeQ
      • Equal
      • EqualTo
      • EvenQ
      • False
      • Greater
      • GreaterEqual
      • GreaterEqualThan
      • GreaterThan
      • IntegerQ
      • IntersectingQ
      • Less
      • LessEqual
      • LessEqualThan
      • LessThan
      • LetterQ
      • LexicographicOrder
      • ListQ
      • MachineNumberQ
      • MatchQ
      • MatrixQ
      • MemberQ
      • NearestTo
      • Negative
      • NoneTrue
      • NonNegative
      • NonPositive
      • Not
      • NumberQ
      • NumericalOrder
      • NumericQ
      • OddQ
      • Or
      • Order
      • OrderedQ
      • PolynomialExpressionQ
      • PolynomialQ
      • Positive
      • PossibleZeroQ
      • PrimeQ
      • RationalExpressionQ
      • RealValuedNumberQ
      • RealValuedNumericQ
      • SameAs
      • SameQ
      • StringFreeQ
      • StringMatchQ
      • StringQ
      • SubsetQ
      • SyntaxQ
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      • True
      • TrueQ
      • Unequal
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GUIDE
  • Functions
    • AlgebraicIntegerQ
    • AllTrue
    • AlphabeticOrder
    • And
    • AnyTrue
    • ArrayQ
    • AtomQ
    • Between
    • BooleanQ
    • ContainsAll
    • ContainsAny
    • ContainsExactly
    • ContainsNone
    • ContainsOnly
    • CoprimeQ
    • DateObjectQ
    • DigitQ
    • DisjointQ
    • DuplicateFreeQ
    • Equal
    • EqualTo
    • EvenQ
    • False
    • Greater
    • GreaterEqual
    • GreaterEqualThan
    • GreaterThan
    • IntegerQ
    • IntersectingQ
    • Less
    • LessEqual
    • LessEqualThan
    • LessThan
    • LetterQ
    • LexicographicOrder
    • ListQ
    • MachineNumberQ
    • MatchQ
    • MatrixQ
    • MemberQ
    • NearestTo
    • Negative
    • NoneTrue
    • NonNegative
    • NonPositive
    • Not
    • NumberQ
    • NumericalOrder
    • NumericQ
    • OddQ
    • Or
    • Order
    • OrderedQ
    • PolynomialExpressionQ
    • PolynomialQ
    • Positive
    • PossibleZeroQ
    • PrimeQ
    • RationalExpressionQ
    • RealValuedNumberQ
    • RealValuedNumericQ
    • SameAs
    • SameQ
    • StringFreeQ
    • StringMatchQ
    • StringQ
    • SubsetQ
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    • True
    • TrueQ
    • Unequal
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    • UnsameQ
    • VectorQ
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    • Functions
      • AlgebraicIntegerQ
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      • AlphabeticOrder
      • And
      • AnyTrue
      • ArrayQ
      • AtomQ
      • Between
      • BooleanQ
      • ContainsAll
      • ContainsAny
      • ContainsExactly
      • ContainsNone
      • ContainsOnly
      • CoprimeQ
      • DateObjectQ
      • DigitQ
      • DisjointQ
      • DuplicateFreeQ
      • Equal
      • EqualTo
      • EvenQ
      • False
      • Greater
      • GreaterEqual
      • GreaterEqualThan
      • GreaterThan
      • IntegerQ
      • IntersectingQ
      • Less
      • LessEqual
      • LessEqualThan
      • LessThan
      • LetterQ
      • LexicographicOrder
      • ListQ
      • MachineNumberQ
      • MatchQ
      • MatrixQ
      • MemberQ
      • NearestTo
      • Negative
      • NoneTrue
      • NonNegative
      • NonPositive
      • Not
      • NumberQ
      • NumericalOrder
      • NumericQ
      • OddQ
      • Or
      • Order
      • OrderedQ
      • PolynomialExpressionQ
      • PolynomialQ
      • Positive
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      • PrimeQ
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      • RealValuedNumberQ
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      • SameAs
      • SameQ
      • StringFreeQ
      • StringMatchQ
      • StringQ
      • SubsetQ
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      • True
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      • Unequal
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      • VectorQ
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Testing Expressions

Wolfram Language symbolic expressions can represent an immense range of types of objects. The Wolfram Language provides a rich collection of functions to test expressions. Functions that "ask a question" have names that end in Q. They return True for an explicit true answer, and False otherwise.

Equality & Inequality

Equal (==), Unequal (!=) — numerical equality

SameQ (===), UnsameQ (=!=) — literal symbolic identity

Less (<)  ▪  Greater (>)  ▪  LessEqual (<=)  ▪  GreaterEqual (>=)  ▪  Between

Logical Combinations »

And(&&)  ▪  Or(||)  ▪  Not(!)  ▪  True  ▪  False  ▪  ...

AllTrue  ▪  AnyTrue  ▪  NoneTrue

Operator Forms

GreaterThan  ▪  LessThan  ▪  GreaterEqualThan  ▪  LessEqualThan  ▪  EqualTo  ▪  UnequalTo  ▪  NearestTo  ▪  SameAs

Numerical Properties

NumberQ, MachineNumberQ — literal number, literal machine-precision number

RealValuedNumberQ — a literal number with a real value

NumericQ — numeric quantity (consisting of numbers, numeric constants, and functions)

RealValuedNumericQ — numeric quantity whose value is real

IntegerQ  ▪  EvenQ  ▪  OddQ  ▪  PrimeQ  ▪  CoprimeQ  ▪  AlgebraicIntegerQ  ▪  ...

Positive  ▪  Negative  ▪  NonPositive  ▪  NonNegative  ▪  PossibleZeroQ

List-Oriented Tests

VectorQ, MatrixQ — vector, matrix, perhaps with elements of specified types

ArrayQ — full array of any depth

MemberQ — test whether a pattern occurs in a list

DuplicateFreeQ  ▪  IntersectingQ  ▪  DisjointQ  ▪  SubsetQ

ContainsAll  ▪  ContainsNone  ▪  ContainsAny  ▪  ContainsOnly  ▪  ContainsExactly

Expression Tests

MatchQ — test whether an expression matches a pattern

AtomQ  ▪  ListQ  ▪  TrueQ  ▪  BooleanQ  ▪  OrderedQ  ▪  PolynomialQ  ▪  DateObjectQ  ▪  TimeObjectQ  ▪  PolynomialExpressionQ  ▪  RationalExpressionQ

Order — canonical ordering of expressions

LexicographicOrder  ▪  NumericalOrder  ▪  AlphabeticOrder

String Tests »

StringQ  ▪  StringMatchQ  ▪  StringFreeQ  ▪  LetterQ  ▪  DigitQ  ▪  SyntaxQ  ▪  ...

Related Tech Notes

    ▪
  • Relational and Logical Operators
  • ▪
  • Putting Constraints on Patterns
  • ▪
  • Specifying Types of Expression in Patterns

Related Guides

    ▪
  • Conditionals
  • ▪
  • Atomic Elements of Expressions
  • ▪
  • Wolfram Language Patterns
  • ▪
  • Logic & Boolean Algebra
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