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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Comparison Operators</title>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150682" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03110100.xhp" name="Comparison Operators">Comparison Operators</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156042" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">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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<paragraph id="hd_id3147291" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3149177" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Result = Expression1 { = | < | > | <= | >= } Expression2</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3145316" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147573" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Result:</emph> Boolean expression that specifies the result of the comparison (True, or False)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148686" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Expression1, Expression2:</emph> Any numeric values or strings that you want to compare.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3147531" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Comparison operators</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147265" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">= : Equal to</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154924" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">< : Less than</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3146795" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">> : Greater than</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150541" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><= : Less than or equal to</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150400" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">>= : Greater than or equal to</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148797" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><> : Not equal to</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3154686" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341075248" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleUnequal</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341074016" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sFile As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154909" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sRoot As String ' Root directory for file in and output</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341071024" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sRoot = "c:\"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341069792" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sFile = Dir$( sRoot ,22)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341068544" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> If sFile <> "" Then</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341067296" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Do</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341066064" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox sFile</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341064816" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sFile = Dir$</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341063568" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Loop Until sFile = ""</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341062320" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> End If</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341061088" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
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