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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Comparison Operators [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>comparison operators;%PRODUCTNAME Basic</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>operators;comparisons</bookmark_value>
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37<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>
38<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>
39</section>
40<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147291" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149177" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Result = Expression1 { = | &lt; | &gt; | &lt;= | &gt;= } Expression2</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145316" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147573" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
44<emph>Result:</emph> Boolean expression that specifies the result of the comparison (True, or False)</paragraph>
45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148686" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">
46<emph>Expression1, Expression2:</emph> Any numeric values or strings that you want to compare.</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147531" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Comparison operators</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">= : Equal to</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">&lt; : Less than</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146795" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">&gt; : Greater than</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150541" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">&lt;= : Less than or equal to</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">&gt;= : Greater than or equal to</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">&lt;&gt; : Not equal to</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154686" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Example:</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Sub ExampleUnequal</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159151" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">DIM sFile As String</paragraph>
57<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>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">sRoot = "c:\"</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154125" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">sFile = Dir$( sRoot ,22)</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">If sFile &lt;&gt; "" Then</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Do</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Msgbox sFile</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153727" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">sFile = Dir$</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Loop Until sFile = ""</paragraph>
65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146986" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">End If</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">End sub</paragraph>
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