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 ( 𝐴𝐵 → if ( 𝐴 = 𝐵 , 𝐶 , 𝐷 ) = 𝐷 )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 df-ne ( 𝐴𝐵 ↔ ¬ 𝐴 = 𝐵 )
2 iffalse ( ¬ 𝐴 = 𝐵 → if ( 𝐴 = 𝐵 , 𝐶 , 𝐷 ) = 𝐷 )
3 1 2 sylbi ( 𝐴𝐵 → if ( 𝐴 = 𝐵 , 𝐶 , 𝐷 ) = 𝐷 )