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\+ +Goal

Succeeds if Goal cannot be satisfied. Uses negation as failure (synonym of not/1).
Goal
Goal.

Description

Used to fail if the goal Goal can be satisfied. Uses the standard Prolog form of negation as failure.

May be used to check whether a call Goal succeeds without binding variables, the call \+ \+ Goal can be used.

Note that:

!/0 does not cut through \+/1.

Modes and Determinism

Modules

This predicate is sensitive to its module context (tool predicate, see @/2).

Fail Conditions

Fails if Goal succeeds

Examples

Success:
      \+ fail.
      \+ 1 == 2.
      \+ X == 1.
      \+ \+ X = 1.
          % does not bind X
Fail:
      \+ X = 1.
      \+ true.
      \+ 3 == 3.



See Also

-> / 2, not / 1, ~ / 1