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  │  A [[Greater Than Or Equal|>=]] B  │ Tests if A is '''greater than or equal''' to B. │ [[IF]] A [[Greater Than Or Equal|>=]] B [[THEN]] │
  │  A [[Greater Than Or Equal|>=]] B  │ Tests if A is '''greater than or equal''' to B. │ [[IF]] A [[Greater Than Or Equal|>=]] B [[THEN]] │
  └────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────┘
  └────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────┘
   The operation should be very obvious for numerical values. For strings,
   The operations should be very obvious for numerical values. For strings
the '''equal'''/'''not equal''' check is also pretty much straight forward, but for the
  be aware that all checks are done '''case sensitive''' (i.e. "Foo" <> "foo").
  The '''equal'''/'''not equal''' check is pretty much straight forward, but for the
   '''less'''/'''greater''' checks the [[ASCII]] value of the first different character is
   '''less'''/'''greater''' checks the [[ASCII]] value of the first different character is
                          used for the decision:
                          used for decision making:


e.g. "abc" is '''less than''' "abd", because in the first difference (3rd char)
  '''E.g.''' "abc" is '''less''' than "abd", because in the first difference (the 3rd
      the "c" has a lower [[ASCII]] value than the "d".
        character) the "c" has a lower [[ASCII]] value than the "d".


   This behavior may give you some subtle results, if you are not aware of
   This behavior may give you some subtle results, if you are not aware of
                   the [[ASCII]] values and the written case:
                   the [[ASCII]] values and the written case:


e.g. "abc" is '''greater than''' "abD", because small letters have higher [[ASCII]]
  '''E.g.''' "abc" is '''greater''' than "abD", because the small letters have higher
      values than capital letters, hence "c" > "D". You may use either the
        [[ASCII]] values than the capital letters, hence "c" > "D". You may use
      [[LCASE$]] or [[UCASE$]] function to make sure both strings use the same case.
        [[LCASE$]] or [[UCASE$]] to make sure both strings have the same case.
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Revision as of 21:38, 14 December 2022

    Table 3: The operations available for relational condition checking.

 In this table, A and B are the Expressions to compare. Both must represent
 the same general type, i.e. they must result into either numerical values
 or STRING values. If a test succeeds, then true (-1) is returned, false (0)
     if it fails, which both can be used in further Boolean evaluations.
 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │                          Relational Operations                          │
 ├────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────┤
 │ Operation  │                Description                │ Example usage  │
 ├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────┤
 │   A = B    │ Tests if A is equal to B.                 │ IF A = B THEN  │
 ├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────┤
 │   A <> B   │ Tests if A is not equal to B.             │ IF A <> B THEN │
 ├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────┤
 │   A < B    │ Tests if A is less than B.                │ IF A < B THEN  │
 ├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────┤
 │   A > B    │ Tests if A is greater than B.             │ IF A > B THEN  │
 ├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────┤
 │   A <= B   │ Tests if A is less than or equal to B.    │ IF A <= B THEN │
 ├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────┤
 │   A >= B   │ Tests if A is greater than or equal to B. │ IF A >= B THEN │
 └────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────┘
   The operations should be very obvious for numerical values. For strings
   be aware that all checks are done case sensitive (i.e. "Foo" <> "foo").
   The equal/not equal check is pretty much straight forward, but for the
   less/greater checks the ASCII value of the first different character is
                          used for decision making:

   E.g. "abc" is less than "abd", because in the first difference (the 3rd
        character) the "c" has a lower ASCII value than the "d".

   This behavior may give you some subtle results, if you are not aware of
                   the ASCII values and the written case:

   E.g. "abc" is greater than "abD", because the small letters have higher
        ASCII values than the capital letters, hence "c" > "D". You may use
        LCASE$ or UCASE$ to make sure both strings have the same case.
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