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32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Comparison Operators [Runtime]</title>
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36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2005-12-06T10:54:42">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="operatoren">
42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150682"><bookmark_value>comparison operators;%PRODUCTNAME Basic</bookmark_value>
43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>operators;comparisons</bookmark_value>
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45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150682" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03110100.xhp" name="Comparison Operators [Runtime]">Comparison Operators [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156042" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Comparison operators compare two expressions. The result is returned as a Boolean expression that determines if the comparison is True (-1) or False (0).</paragraph>
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48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147291" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149177" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Result = Expression1 { = | &lt; | &gt; | &lt;= | &gt;= } Expression2</paragraph>
50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145316" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147573" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Result:</emph> Boolean expression that specifies the result of the comparison (True, or False)</paragraph>
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54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Expression1, Expression2:</emph> Any numeric values or strings that you want to compare.</paragraph>
55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147531" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Comparison operators</paragraph>
56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">= : Equal to</paragraph>
57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">&lt; : Less than</paragraph>
58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146795" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">&gt; : Greater than</paragraph>
59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150541" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">&lt;= : Less than or equal to</paragraph>
60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">&gt;= : Greater than or equal to</paragraph>
61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">&lt;&gt; : Not equal to</paragraph>
62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154686" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Example:</paragraph>
63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Sub ExampleUnequal</paragraph>
64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159151" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">DIM sFile As String</paragraph>
65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">DIM sRoot As String REM ' Root directory for file in and output</paragraph>
66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">sRoot = "c:\"</paragraph>
67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154125" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">sFile = Dir$( sRoot ,22)</paragraph>
68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">If sFile &lt;&gt; "" Then</paragraph>
69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Do</paragraph>
70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Msgbox sFile</paragraph>
71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153727" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">sFile = Dir$</paragraph>
72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Loop Until sFile = ""</paragraph>
73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146986" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">End If</paragraph>
74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">End sub</paragraph>
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