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Formula editor 41
Operand1 Operand2 Result Example Remarks
Operands of different types:
Number Text Number
1.2 > "Metrohm" --> 0
1.23 > "1.2" --> 1
Before the comparative opera-
tion the
Number is converted to
Text and then the texts are
compared according to the
ASCII table.
Text Number Number
"Metrohm" > 1.2 --> 1
The same rules apply here as
for the previous operation.
Number Time Number
2.0 > Time(1999;10;07) --> 0
Before the comparison the
Date/Time is converted to a
Number (see Type conversion
"TimeToNumber").
Time Number Number
Time(1999;10;07) > 2.0 --> 1
The same rules apply here as
for the previous operation.
Text Time Number
"Metrohm" > Time(1999;10;07)
--> 1
Before the operation an oper-
and of type
Date/Time is con-
verted to
Text (i.e.: "1999-10-07
00:00:00 UTC+2"
) and then the
texts are compared according
to the ASCII table.
Time Text Number
Time(1999;10;7) > "Metrohm" -
-> 0
The same rules apply here as
for the previous operation.
Larger than or equal to
Syntax
Operand1 >= Operand2
The operands can either be entered directly or as a Variable and can be
of the type
Text, Number or Date/Time. The result type is always a number (1
= true,
0 = false).
Examples
Operand1 Operand2 Result Example Remarks
Operands of the same type:
Number Number Number
5 >= 4 --> 1
4 >= 5 --> 0
-
Text Text Number
"Metrohm" >= "AG" --> 1
In a comparison between two
texts the ASCII values (see
ASCII table) of the character
strings are compared. Note:
upper and lower case letters
have different values!
Time Time Number
Time(1998;04;06) >=
Time(1964;02;03) --> 1
Time(): see function Time(Date)