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Operator >= (Greater Than Or Equal)operator

Compares an expression greater than or equal to another expression

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Syntax

Declare Operator >= ( ByRef lhs As Byte, ByRef rhs As Byte ) As Integer
Declare Operator >= ( ByRef lhs As UByte, ByRef rhs As UByte ) As Integer
Declare Operator >= ( ByRef lhs As Short, ByRef rhs As Short ) As Integer
Declare Operator >= ( ByRef lhs As UShort, ByRef rhs As UShort ) As Integer
Declare Operator >= ( ByRef lhs As Integer, ByRef rhs As Integer ) As Integer
Declare Operator >= ( ByRef lhs As UInteger, ByRef rhs As UInteger ) As Integer
Declare Operator >= ( ByRef lhs As LongInt, ByRef rhs As LongInt ) As Integer
Declare Operator >= ( ByRef lhs As ULongInt, ByRef rhs As ULongInt ) As Integer

Parameters

NameDescription
lhsThe left-hand side expression to compare to.
rhsThe right-hand side expression to compare to.
TAny pointer type.

Return value


Returns negative one (-1) if the left-hand side expression is greater than or equal to the right-hand side expression, or zero (0) if less than.

Description


Operator >= (Greater than or Equal) is a binary operator that compares an expression greater than or equal to another expression and returns the result - a boolean value in the form of an Integer: negative one (-1) for true and zero (0) for false. The arguments are not modified in any way.

When this operator is applied to string type data, then a lexicographic/alphabetic order comparison is performed (ordered from the numeric ASCII values of the characters of the two strings).

This operator can be overloaded to accept user-defined types as well.

Remarks

Usage


result = lhs >= rhs

Dialect Differences


  • In the -lang qb dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.

Differences from QB


  • none

See also


Example


Operator < (Less than) is complement to Operator >= (Greater than or Equal), and is functionally identical when combined with Operator Not (Bit-wise Complement).

If (420 >= 69) Then Print "(420 >= 69) is true."

   If Not (420 < 69) Then Print "not (420 < 69) is true."


Reference

  • Documented in KeyPgOpGreaterThanOrEqual.html