Web+ Tutorial

Lesson 1.3 - Comparison Operators

Description

Comparison operators, also known as relational operators, are used to compare two operands. Comparison operators return either 0 (false), 1 (true), or null (if either operand is null). The following table lists the comparison operators available with Web+.

Operator		Meaning
=	eq	Equal to
=$	eq$	Equal to (non-case-sensitive)
lt		Less than
gt		Greater than
lte		Less than or equal to
gte		Greater than or equal to
!=	ne	Not equal to
!=$	ne$	Not equal to (non-case-sensitive)
?		Contains
!?		Does not contain

Syntax

#operand1 operator operand2#

Example

#car =$ "Sedan"#
#age lte 21#
#balance != lowbalance#
#i / j = q ^ 6#
#D gt A#

Sample

<webIf #3 lt 8#>
    3 is less than 8.
<webElse>
    3 is not less than 8.
</webIf>

Result:

Exercise

Use the webIf statement to print a message stating whether 3 is less than 8.

You can try out some Web+ code of your own here.