>= Greater than or equal--binary (Relational) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: $ < <= <> = (equality) == >