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        <h1>JSP 2.0 Expression Language - Basic Comparisons</h1>
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        This example illustrates basic Expression Language comparisons.
        The following comparison operators are supported:
        <ul>
          <li>Less-than (&lt; or lt)</li>
          <li>Greater-than (&gt; or gt)</li>
          <li>Less-than-or-equal (&lt;= or le)</li>
          <li>Greater-than-or-equal (&gt;= or ge)</li>
          <li>Equal (== or eq)</li>
          <li>Not Equal (!= or ne)</li>
        </ul>
        <blockquote>
          <u><b>Numeric</b></u>
          <code>
            <table border="1">
              <thead>
    	    <td><b>EL Expression</b></td>
    	    <td><b>Result</b></td>
    	  </thead>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${1 &lt; 2}</td>
    	    <td>${1 < 2}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${1 lt 2}</td>
    	    <td>${1 lt 2}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${1 &gt; (4/2)}</td>
    	    <td>${1 > (4/2)}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${1 &gt; (4/2)}</td>
    	    <td>${1 > (4/2)}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${4.0 &gt;= 3}</td>
    	    <td>${4.0 >= 3}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${4.0 ge 3}</td>
    	    <td>${4.0 ge 3}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${4 &lt;= 3}</td>
    	    <td>${4 <= 3}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${4 le 3}</td>
    	    <td>${4 le 3}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${100.0 == 100}</td>
    	    <td>${100.0 == 100}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${100.0 eq 100}</td>
    	    <td>${100.0 eq 100}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${(10*10) != 100}</td>
    	    <td>${(10*10) != 100}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${(10*10) ne 100}</td>
    	    <td>${(10*10) ne 100}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	</table>
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          <br>
          <u><b>Alphabetic</b></u>
          <code>
            <table border="1">
              <thead>
    	    <td><b>EL Expression</b></td>
    	    <td><b>Result</b></td>
    	  </thead>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${'a' &lt; 'b'}</td>
    	    <td>${'a' < 'b'}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${'hip' &gt; 'hit'}</td>
    	    <td>${'hip' > 'hit'}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	  <tr>
    	    <td>\${'4' &gt; 3}</td>
    	    <td>${'4' > 3}</td>
    	  </tr>
    	</table>
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        </blockquote>
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