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>=
Greater than or equal--binary (Relational)
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Syntax
<exp1> >= <exp2>
Type
Character, date, logical, memo, numeric
Operands
<exp1> and <exp2> are expressions of any data type to be
compared.
Description
The greater than or equal to operator (>=) is a binary operator that
compares two values of the same data type and returns true (.T.) if
<exp1> is greater than or equal to <exp2>.
. Character: The comparison is based on the underlying ASCII
code. ASCII codes for alphabetic characters are ascending (e.g., the
code for "A" is 65 and the code for "Z" is 90).
. Date: Dates are compared according to the underlying date
value.
. Logical: True (.T.) is greater than false (.F.).
. Memo: Treated the same as character.
. Numeric: Compared based on magnitude.
Examples
. These examples illustrate how the greater than or equal
operator (>=) behaves with different data types:
// Character
? "Z" >= "A" // Result: .T.
? "AZ" >= "A" // Result: .T.
? "A" >= "AZ" // Result: .F.
// Date
? CTOD("12/12/88") >= ;
CTOD("12/11/88") // Result: .T.
// Logical
? .T. >= .F. // Result: .T.
// Numeric
? 2 >= 1 // Result: .T.
? 1 >= 2 // Result: .F.
? 2 >= 2 // Result: .T.
See Also:
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<=
<>
= (equality)
==
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