comparisonOperator
| Syntax | A comparisonOperator is one of:
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| Description | A comparison operator is placed between two values to determine their equality or ordering. For example, 7 > 2 is true and so is "Adam" < "Cathy". The comparison operators can be applied to numbers as well as to enumerated types. They can also be applied to strings to determine the ordering between strings (see the string type for details). Arrays, records, unions and collections cannot be compared. Boolean values (true and false) can be compared only for equality (= and not=); the same is true of pointer values. Set values can be compared using <= and >=, which are the subset and superset operators. The not= operator can be written as ~=. Comparisons among classes is also supported (see class). If C and D are classes, C <= D means D is a descendant of (inherits from) C. See class.
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| See also | See also infix operators and precedence of operators. See also the int, real, string, set, boolean and enum types. See also string comparison.
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