Two sensor values only if there is a change

Hi:) I am using the metro microcontroller with the Adafruit STEMMA Soil Sensor. There are two values coming in and I want to send them only if there is a change.

My error is:

In function 'void loop()':
soilsensor_BOTH_CHANGESonly:23:13: error: expected ')' before '!' token
if (tempC ! = old_tempC);
^
soilsensor_BOTH_CHANGESonly:29:19: error: expected ')' before '!' token
if (capread ! = old_capread);
^
Multiple libraries were found for "Wire.h"
Used: /Users/bal/Library/Arduino15/packages/adafruit/hardware/avr/1.4.13/libraries/Wire
Not used: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/Wire
Using library Adafruit_seesaw_Library at version 1.3.1 in folder: /Users/bal/Documents/Arduino/libraries/Adafruit_seesaw_Library
Using library Wire at version 1.0 in folder: /Users/bal/Library/Arduino15/packages/adafruit/hardware/avr/1.4.13/libraries/Wire
exit status 1
expected ')' before '!' token

Any advice would be appreciated as I am a newbie. I read related posts but I am still not sure what is wrong. My code is:

 #include "Adafruit_seesaw.h"

Adafruit_seesaw ss;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600); //initialize serial communication BAUDRATE 115200

  if (!ss.begin(0x36)) {
    Serial.println("ERROR! seesaw not found");
    while(1);
  } else {
    Serial.println();
    Serial.print("seesaw started! version: ");
    Serial.println(ss.getVersion(), HEX); 
  }
}

int old_tempC;
int old_capread;

void loop() {
  float tempC = ss.getTemp(); 
  if (tempC ! = old_tempC);
    Serial.print(tempC); 
    old_tempC = tempC;
    delay(1);
    
   uint16_t capread = ss.touchRead(0);
      if (capread ! = old_capread);
        Serial.println(capread);
        old_capread = capread;
        delay(1000); 
}

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tempC ! = old_tempC

capread ! = old_capread

Do not put a space between ! and =.

Thank you so much @groundFungus! It is working now.

Final code:

#include "Adafruit_seesaw.h"
Adafruit_seesaw ss;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  if (!ss.begin(0x36)) {
    Serial.println("ERROR! seesaw not found");
    while (1);
  } else {
    Serial.println();
    Serial.print("seesaw started! version: ");
    Serial.println(ss.getVersion(), HEX);
  }
}
int old_tempC;
int old_capread;

void loop() {
  float tempC = ss.getTemp();
  delay(1);
  uint16_t capread = ss.touchRead(0);
  if (tempC != old_tempC);
  Serial.print(tempC);
  old_tempC = tempC;
  if (capread != old_capread);
  Serial.print(",");
  Serial.println(capread);
  old_capread = capread;
  delay(1000);
}

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