Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem ifnefalse

Description: When values are unequal, but an "if" condition checks if they are equal, then the "false" branch results. This is a simple utility to provide a slight shortening and simplification of proofs versus applying iffalse directly in this case. It happens, e.g., in oevn0 . (Contributed by David A. Wheeler, 15-May-2015)

Ref Expression
Assertion ifnefalse
|- ( A =/= B -> if ( A = B , C , D ) = D )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 df-ne
 |-  ( A =/= B <-> -. A = B )
2 iffalse
 |-  ( -. A = B -> if ( A = B , C , D ) = D )
3 1 2 sylbi
 |-  ( A =/= B -> if ( A = B , C , D ) = D )