< <= > >= == != (Conditional Operators)

Purpose:

Determines conditional relationships between expressions.

Syntax:

val1 op val2

val1	-	A scalar, series, or table.
val2	-	A scalar, series, or table.

Returns:

A scalar, series, or table (containing the value 1 or 0) of the same type as the higher of the two expressions. 1: True; 0: False. Integer is the lowest type, Real is next, and Complex is the highest type. If one or both of the expressions is a series, then a series results. The following is a list of type conversion rules:

Integer	>	Real	yields Real
Integer	>	Series	yields Series
Integer	>	Integer	yields Integer
Real	>	Complex	yields Complex
Real	>	Series	yields Series
Complex	>	Real Series	yields Complex Series

Example:

max(W1) <= 10.0

returns a 1 if the maximum value of W1 is less than or equal to 10.0, or 0 if the maximum value of W1 is not less than or equal to 10.0. If W1 contains a series, then

W1 > 10.0

returns a series the same length as W1 containing a 1 for each observation that is greater than 10 and 0 for each observation that is less than or equal to 10.0.

Remarks: