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Lua - Relational Operators
Following table shows all the relational operators supported by Lua language. Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then −
Operator | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
== | Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A == B) is not true. |
~= | Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal then condition becomes true. | (A ~= B) is true. |
> | Checks if the value of left operand is greater than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A > B) is not true. |
< | Checks if the value of left operand is less than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A < B) is true. |
>= | Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A >= B) is not true. |
<= | Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A <= B) is true. |
Example
Try the following example to understand all the relational operators available in Lua programming language −
a = 21 b = 10 if( a == b ) then print("Line 1 - a is equal to b" ) else print("Line 1 - a is not equal to b" ) end if( a ~= b ) then print("Line 2 - a is not equal to b" ) else print("Line 2 - a is equal to b" ) end if ( a < b ) then print("Line 3 - a is less than b" ) else print("Line 3 - a is not less than b" ) end if ( a > b ) then print("Line 4 - a is greater than b" ) else print("Line 5 - a is not greater than b" ) end -- Lets change value of a and b a = 5 b = 20 if ( a <= b ) then print("Line 5 - a is either less than or equal to b" ) end if ( b >= a ) then print("Line 6 - b is either greater than or equal to b" ) end
When you build and execute the above program, it produces the following result −
Line 1 - a is not equal to b Line 2 - a is not equal to b Line 3 - a is not less than b Line 4 - a is greater than b Line 5 - a is either less than or equal to b Line 6 - b is either greater than or equal to b
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