====== Comparison operators ======

==== Description ====
 
Use comparison operators to compare to values or expressions.
 
==== Parameters ====
 
//expression// **operator** //expression//\\ \\ The following table describes the available comparison operators in BASIC+:


^Operator^Description^
|= or EQ|Equal|
|# or NE|Not equal|
|< or LT|Less than|
|<= or LE|Less than or equal|
|> or GT|Greater than|
|>= or GE|Greater than or equal|
|_EQC|Equal, case-insensitive|
|_NEC|Not equal, case-insensitive|
|_LTC|Less than, case-insensitive|
|_LEC|Less than or equal, case-insensitive|
|_GTC|Greater than, case-insensitive|
|_GEC|Greater than or equal, case-insensitive|
|MATCH or MATCHES|Tests if the expression on the left matches the pattern on the right|
|_EQX|Equal, to full precision|
|_NEX|Not equal, to full precision|
|_LTX|Less than, to full precision|
|_GTX|Greater than, to full precision|
|_LEX|Less than or equal, to full precision|
|_GEX|Greater than or equal, to full precision|

 

Note: For purposes of comparison, any value less than 0.000005 is considered to be zero.  For example, the expression:

   If 0.00000499 = 0.00000123

will evaluate to true.  The five digits of precision are decimal places, not simply the four most significant digits of a number.

You can compare values having more than 5 decimal places, by using the comparison operators ending in "X" (_eqx, _nex, etc.).

 
==== Returns ====
 
All comparison operations result in a boolean value of either 1 (true) or 0 (false).
 
==== See Also ====
 
[[if|If statement]], [[loop|Loop statement]], [[matches|MATCHES operator]]
 
==== Example ====
 
<code>
if "hello" _NEC "HELLO" then
  Msg(@window, "There is something very wrong")
end
</code>