C# Relational Operators

The C# Relational operators work on two operands and return the boolean value true (1) if the relation between two operands is satisfied. Otherwise, it returns false (0). The following Relational operators table shows different relational operators.

Symbols	Operation	Example
= =	Equal To	3 = = 2 returns false
>	Greater than	3 > 2 returns true
<	Less than	3 < 2 returns false
> =	Greater than or equal to	3 > = 2 returns true
< =	Less than or equal to	3 < = 2 returns false
!=	Not Equal To	3 ! = 2 returns true

Relational Operators Example

In the following C# code, we have taken two integer variables x and y. After applying different relational operators to them, the result is stored in a Boolean variable result.

TIP: For the remaining operators, please refer to the C# Operators Introduction post available on our C# tutorial page.

using System;
 
class Relational_Operators
{
     static void Main()
     {
         int x = 10;
         int y = 15;
         bool result;
 
         result= (x==y);
         Console.WriteLine("{0} == {1} returns {2}", x, y, result);
 
         result= (x>y);
         Console.WriteLine("{0} > {1} returns {2}", x, y, result);

         result= (x<y);
         Console.WriteLine("{0} < {1} returns {2}", x, y, result);
 
         result= (x>=y);
         Console.WriteLine("{0} >= {1} returns {2}", x, y, result);
 
         result= (x<=y)
         Console.WriteLine("{0} <= {1} returns {2}", x, y, result);

         result= (x != y);
         Console.WriteLine("{0} != {1} returns {2}", x, y, result);
     }
}

In the above C# example, integer variables x=10, y=15 are the two operands. And on applying relational operators on them, of the expression is satisfied, True is stored in the result otherwise False.

TIP: The next step is to learn about the C# Assignment Operators and C# Logical Operators.