Exploring Relational Operators in C# Programming: A Comprehensive Guide

Following table shows all the relational operators supported by C#. Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20, then −

Operator	Description	Example
==	Checks if the values of two operands are equal or not, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A == B) is not true.
!=	Checks if the values of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal then condition becomes true.	(A != B) is true.
>	Checks if the value of left operand is greater than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A > B) is not true.
<	Checks if the value of left operand is less than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A < B) is true.
>=	Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A >= B) is not true.
<=	Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A <= B) is true.

Example

The following example demonstrates all the relational operators available in C# −

using System;

class Program {
   static void Main(string[] args) {
      int a = 21;
      int b = 10;
      
      if (a == b) {
         Console.WriteLine("Line 1 - a is equal to b");
      } else {
         Console.WriteLine("Line 1 - a is not equal to b");
      }
      
      if (a < b) {
         Console.WriteLine("Line 2 - a is less than b");
      } else {
         Console.WriteLine("Line 2 - a is not less than b");
      }
      
      if (a > b) {
         Console.WriteLine("Line 3 - a is greater than b");
      } else {
         Console.WriteLine("Line 3 - a is not greater than b");
      }
      
      /* Lets change value of a and b */
      a = 5;
      b = 20;
      
      if (a <= b) { 
         Console.WriteLine("Line 4 - a is either less than or equal to  b");
      }
      
      if (b >= a) {
         Console.WriteLine("Line 5-b is either greater than or equal to b");
      }
   }
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result −

Line 1 - a is not equal to b
Line 2 - a is not less than b
Line 3 - a is greater than b
Line 4 - a is either less than or equal to b
Line 5 - b is either greater than or equal to b