Comparison operators allow you to determine the relationship between two values. The following comparison operators are allowed:

This:

Means this:

GT or >

Greater than

LT or <

Less than

NG or ¬>

Not greater than

NL or ¬<

Not less than

EQ or =

Equal

NE or ¬=

Not equal

GE or >=

Greater than or equal

LE or <=

Less than or equal

Alphabetic characters are sorted before digits (A-Z come before 0-9). The following comparison is true for all high-level qualifiers alphanumerically greater than “M”:

IF &HLQ > 'M' THEN . . .