The relational operators determine equality and ordering.
The relational operators are shown here:
| Operator | Result |
|---|---|
| == | Equal to |
| != | Not equal to |
| > | Greater than |
| < | Less than |
| >= | Greater than or equal to |
| <= | Less than or equal to |
The outcome of Java Relational operations is a boolean value.
Java type, including integers, floating-point numbers, characters, and Booleans can be compared using the equality test, ==, and the inequality test, !=.
Java equality is denoted with two equal signs, not one.
A single equal sign is the assignment operator.
Only numeric types, integer, floating-point, and character, can be compared using the ordering operators.
For example, the following code fragment is valid expression:
int a = 4; int b = 1; boolean c = a < b;