operator
expression1 > expression2
You can determine whether one expression is greater than another with the >
operator. You can use it with any data type expression.
To compare BCD numbers, you must import the ombcd.xmd file in your program. To compare floating point numbers, import the omfloat.xmd file. You can compare values of mixed data types (for example, BCD numbers and integers) as long as you follow the rules listed in Operations with mixed data types.
For example:
; Comparing strings process local stream string-1 initial {"Catch-up"} local stream string-2 initial {"Catch-22"} do when string-1 < string-2 output string-1 || " < " || string-2 || "%n" else when string-1 > string-2 output string-1 || " > " || string-2 || "%n" else when string-1 = string-2 output "String compare has an error." || "%n" done ; Output: "Catch-up > Catch-22"
Mixed data type example:
import "ombcd.xmd" unprefixed process local integer one-integer initial {33} local bcd one-bcd initial {33} do when (one-bcd > one-integer) output "Error. BCD of " || "d" % one-bcd || " shown as greater than integer of " || "d" % one-integer || ".%n" else output "Correct. BCD of " || "d" % one-bcd || " shown as not greater than integer of " || "d" % one-integer || ".%n" done ; Output: "Correct. BCD of 33 shown as not greater than integer of 33."
This operator has two deprecated synonyms: is greater-than
and isnt less-equal
.