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<B>>=</B> _ _ _ <B>GEQSIGN</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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<em>&gt;=</em> is an infix binary comparison operator, which returns true if 
its first argument is greater than or equal to its second argument. 
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syntax: </H3>
&lt;expression&gt; <em>&gt;=</em> &lt;expression&gt; 
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&lt;expression&gt; must evaluate to an integer or floating-point number. 
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examples: </H3>
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if (3 &gt;= 2) then yes; 

  yes 


a := 15; 

  A := 15 


if a &gt;= 20 then big else small;
 

  small 

</TT></PRE><P>The binary comparison operators can only be used for comparisons b
etween 
numbers or variables that evaluate to numbers. The truth values returned 
by such a comparison can only be used inside programming constructs, such 
as 
<A HREF=r37_0052.html>if</A>...<em>then</em>...<em>else</em> 
or 
<A HREF=r37_0056.html>repeat</A>...<em>until</em> or 
<A HREF=r37_0228.html>while</A>...<em>do</em>. 
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