Relational Operators (C++)

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Syntax

relational-expression  <   shift-expression
relational-expression  >   shift-expression
relational-expression  <=  shift-expression
relational-expression  >=  shift-expression

Considerations about Relational Operators

Use relational operators to test equality or inequality of expressions. If the statement evaluates to be true it returns a nonzero character; otherwise it returns false (0).

Relational Operator	Description
>	greater than
<	less than
>=	greater than or equal to
<=	less than or equal to

In the expression:

E1 <operator> E2

the operands must follow one of these conditions:

• Both E1 and E2 are of arithmetic type.
• Both E1 and E2 are pointers to qualified or unqualified versions of compatible types.
• Either E1 or E2 is a pointer to an object or incomplete type, and the other is a pointer to a qualified or unqualified version of void.
• Either E1 or E2 is a pointer, and the other is a null pointer constant.