Comparison Operators in Programming
Comparison operators are used to compare two values and return a boolean result (true or false).
What is a Comparison Operator?
A comparison operator is one or more symbols that tells the computer how to compare two values or variables.
The result of a comparison operator is a boolean value (true or false).
See this page for an overview of other types of operators.
The most common comparison operators are:
==(Equal to)!=(Not equal to)>(Greater than)<(Less than)>=(Greater than or equal to)<=(Less than or equal to)
In the example below, we use the == operator to compare the value 10 with the value 5, to check if they are equal:
Try the simulation below to see the result of different comparison operators:
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{{ aValue }}
operator
{{ selectedOperator }}
b
{{ bValue }}
print(a {{ selectedOperator }} b)
{{ resultValue }}