</2

Module: builtins

</2 — The left expression is less than the right expression
>/2 — The left expression is greater than the right expression
=:=/2 — The left and right expressions are equal
=\=/2 — The left and right expressions are not equal
=</2 — The left expression is less than or equal to the right
>=/2 — The left expression is greater than or equal to the right

ISO Standard Predicate

FORMS

Expression1 < Expression2

Expression1 > Expression2

Expression1 =:= Expression2

Expression1 =\= Expression2

Expression1 =< Expression2

Expression1 >= Expression2

DESCRIPTION

Both arguments to each relational operator should be instantiated to expressions which can be evaluated by is/2. The relational operator succeeds if the relation holds for the value of the two arguments, and fails otherwise. A relational operator will fail if one or both of its arguments cannot be evaluated.

EXAMPLES

?- -7*0 =< 1+1

yes.

?- 1+1 =< 7*0

no.

ERRORS

The ISO Prolog Standard requires that a calculation error be thrown when the arguments cannot be evaluated for any of these operators. At this time, ALS Prolog does not conform to this requirement. Instead, it throws a type_error(evaluable,...) indicating that an argument is not evaluable.