Logical comparisons

The previous program checked to see if the age value was above or below a certain value. Logical comparisons can be used to do this.

Operator	Explanation	Example
`<`	Less than	`age < 18`
`>`	More than	`age > 18`
`≤`	Less than or equal to (sometimes shown as <=)	`age ≤ 18`
`≥`	More than or equal to (sometimes shown as >=)	`age ≥ 18`
`=`	Equality	`age = 18`
`≠`	Inequality/Not equal to	`age ≠ 18`

Operator	`<`
Explanation	Less than
Example	`age < 18`

Operator	`>`
Explanation	More than
Example	`age > 18`

Operator	`≤`
Explanation	Less than or equal to (sometimes shown as <=)
Example	`age ≤ 18`

Operator	`≥`
Explanation	More than or equal to (sometimes shown as >=)
Example	`age ≥ 18`

Operator	`=`
Explanation	Equality
Example	`age = 18`

Operator	`≠`
Explanation	Inequality/Not equal to
Example	`age ≠ 18`

Using logical comparisons means you can check if a variable contains a value that meets, or doesn't meet, a certain condition. They are very useful when you are using conditional statements, such as if statements.

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