RosettaCodeData/Task/String-comparison/NetRexx/string-comparison.netrexx

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animal = 'dog'
if animal = 'cat' then
say animal "is lexically equal to cat"
if animal \= 'cat' then
say animal "is not lexically equal cat"
if animal > 'cat' then
say animal "is lexically higher than cat"
if animal < 'cat' then
say animal "is lexically lower than cat"
if animal >= 'cat' then
say animal "is not lexically lower than cat"
if animal <= 'cat' then
say animal "is not lexically higher than cat"
/* The above comparative operators do not consider
leading and trailing whitespace when making comparisons. */
if ' cat ' = 'cat' then
say "this will print because whitespace is stripped"
/* To consider all whitespace in a comparison
we need to use strict comparative operators */
if ' cat ' == 'cat' then
say "this will not print because comparison is strict"