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<B><=</B> _ _ _ <B>LEQSIGN</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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<em>&lt;=</em> is an infix binary comparison operator that returns 
 true if its first argument is less than or equal to its second argument. 
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syntax: </H3>
&lt;expression&gt; <em>&lt;=</em> &lt;expression&gt; 
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&lt;expression&gt; must evaluate to a number, e.g., integer, rational or 
floating point number. 
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examples: </H3>
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a := 10; 

  A := 10 


if a &lt;= 10 then true; 

  true

</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 
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