Relational Operators
The relational operators determine the relationship between two operands. The relational operators are:
Operator | Result |
---|---|
== | Equal to |
!= | Not equal to |
> | Greater than |
< | Less than |
>= | Greater than or equal to |
<= | Less than or equal to |
For example, the following code fragment is perfectly valid:
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv) {
int a = 4;
int b = 1;
boolean c = a < b;
System.out.println("c is " + c);
}
}
The result of a < b (which is false) is stored in c.
c is false
The outcome of a relational operator is a boolean value.
In the following code, the System.out.println
outputs the result of a relational operator.
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
// outcome of a relational operator is a boolean value
System.out.println("10 > 9 is " + (10 > 9));
}
}
The output generated by this program is shown here:
10 > 9 is true