5.4.5.2. Comparison Methods


>>-comparison_operator(argument)-------------------------------><

Returns 1 (true) or 0 (false), the result of performing the specified comparison operation. The receiver object and the argument are the terms compared.

The comparison operators you can use in a message are:

=	True if the terms are equal
\=, ><, <>	True if the terms are not equal (inverse of =)
>	Greater than
<	Less than
>=	Greater than or equal to
\<	Not less than
<=	Less than or equal to
\>	Not greater than

All strict comparison operations have one of the characters doubled that define the operator. The Orderable strict comparison operators produce the same results as the non-strict comparisons.

The strict comparison operators you can use in a message are:

==	True if terms are strictly equal
\==	True if the terms are NOT strictly equal (inverse of ==)
>>	Strictly greater than
<<	Strictly less than
>>=	Strictly greater than or equal to
\<<	Strictly NOT less than
<<=	Strictly less than or equal to
\>>	Strictly NOT greater than