(\+)/1

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      - fail/0
      - false/0
      - true/0
      - repeat/0
      - !/0
      - ,/2
      - ;/2
      - |/2
      - ->/2
      - *->/2
      - \+/1
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Availability:built-in

[ISO]\+ :Goal

True if‘Goal’cannot be proven (mnemonic: + refers to provable and the backslash (\) is normally used to indicate negation in Prolog). In contrast to the ISO standard, but compatible with several other Prolog systems, SWI-Prolog implements \+/1 as a control structure. This implies that its argument is compiled as part of the enclosing clause and possible variables in goal positions are translated to call/1. As a result, if such a variable is at runtime bound to a (!/0), the cut is scoped to the call/1 call rather than the enclosing \+/1.

Many Prolog implementations (including SWI-Prolog) provide not/1. The not/1 alternative is deprecated due to its strong link to logical negation.