Rexx Programming/How to Rexx/numeric comparison

The following example shows a numerical comparison being using comparative operators:

x = 3 if x > 2 then

 say "x is greater than 2"

Supported operators

The following comparative operators are supported:

= 	Equal To
\= 	Not Equal To
< 	Less Than
> 	Greater Than
<= 	Less Than or Equal To
>= 	Greater Than or Equal To
\< 	Not Less Than
\> 	Not Greater Than
<> 	Not Equal To
>< 	Not Equal To

Leading zeros are ignored for numerical comparisons

For a numerical comparison to be made, leading zeros are ignored:

x = "002"
if x = 2 then
  say "x equals 2"

Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored for numerical comparisons

y = " 10 "
if y = 10 then
  say "y equals 10"