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Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Comparison Operators | Language Reference Version 1

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##### Description

> Used to compare expressions.

##### Syntax

> result = expression1 comparisonoperator expression2

> result

> = object1 Is object2

> Comparison operators have these parts:

> Part | Description
> result | Any numeric variable.
> expression | Any expression.
> comparisonoperator | Any comparison operator.
> object | Any object name.

##### Remarks

> The Is operator has specific comparison functionality that differs from the operators in the following table. The following table contains a list of the comparison operators and the conditions that determine whether result is True, False, or Null:

> Operator | Description | True if | False if | Null if
> < | Less than | expression1 < expression2 | expression1 >= expression2 | expression1 or expression2 = Null
> <= | Less than or equal to | expression1 <= expression2 | expression1 > expression2 | expression1 or expression2 = Null
> > | Greater than | expression1 > expression2 | expression1 <= expression2 | expression1 or expression2 = Null
> >= | Greater than or equal to | expression1 >= expression2 | expression1 < expression2 | expression1 or expression2 = Null
> = | Equal to | expression1 = expression2 | expression1 <> expression2 | expression1 or expression2 = Null
> <> | Not equal to | expression1 <> expression2 | expression1 = expression2 | expression1 or expression2 = Null

> When comparing two expressions, you may not be able to easily determine whether the expressions are being compared as numbers or as strings.

> The following table shows how expressions are compared or what results from the comparison, depending on the underlying subtype:

> If | Then
> Both expressions are numeric | Perform a numeric comparison.
> Both expressions are strings | Perform a string comparison.
> One expression is numeric and the other is a string | The numeric expression is less than the string expression.
> One expression is Empty and the other is numeric | Perform a numeric comparison, using 0 as the Empty expression.
> One expression is Empty and the other is a string | Perform a string comparison, using a zero-length string ("") as the Empty expression.
> Both expressions are Empty | The expressions are equal.

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