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<B>GREATERP</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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The <em>greaterp</em> logical operator returns true if its first argument is 
strictly greater than its second argument. As an infix operator it is 
identical with <em>&gt;</em>. 
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<em>greaterp</em>(&lt;expression&gt;,&lt;expression&gt;) or &lt;expression&gt; 
<em>greaterp</em> &lt;expression&gt; 
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&lt;expression&gt; can be any valid REDUCE expression that evaluates to a 
number. 
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a := 20; 

  A := 20 


if greaterp(a,25) then write &quot;big&quot; else write &quot;small&quot;;
			 


  small 


if a greaterp 20 then write &quot;big&quot; else write &quot;small&quot;;
			 


  small 


if (a greaterp 18) then write &quot;big&quot; else write &quot;small&quot;;
			 


  big

</TT></PRE><P>Logical operators can only be used in conditional statements such 
as 
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