Relational Operators
Relational operators work with all data types and return a Logical value. The following table lists the relational operators.
Relational Operators
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Less than |
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Greater than |
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Equal to |
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Not equal to |
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Less than or equal to |
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Greater than or equal to |
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Character string comparison |
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The == operator can be used when an exact comparison of character strings is needed. If two character expressions are compared with the == operator, the expressions on both sides of the == operator must contain exactly the same characters, including blanks, to be considered equal. The SET EXACT setting is ignored when character strings are compared using ==. See SET EXACT for more information on using the == operator to compare character strings.
You also can use the equal to (=) operator to determine if two object references refer to the same object. The following example demonstrates a simple usage:
CLEAR ALL
X = CREATEOBJECT('Form')
Y = CREATEOBJECT('Form')
? X = Y && Displays false (.F.)
Z = X
? X = Z && Displays true (.T.)
See Also
Logical Operators | CREATEOBJECT( ) Function | SET EXACT Command | Operators