> Greater than--binary (Relational) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syntax <exp1> > <exp2> Type Character, date, logical, memo, numeric Operands <exp1> and <exp2> are expressions of any type to be compared. Description The greater than (>) operator compares two values of the same data type and returns true (.T.) if <exp1> is greater than <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 operator (>) behaves with different data types: // Character ? "Z" > "A" // Result: .T. ? "AZ" > "A" // Result: .F. ? "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.
See Also: $ < <= <> = (equality) == >=