2 greater than, Greater than – Metrohm tiamo 2.3 Manual User Manual

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tiamo 2.3

Oper-
and1

Oper-
and2

Result

Example

Remark

Number

Time

Number

2.0 = Time(1999;10;07) -->
0

Before the operation, the operand of the
type Date/Timeis converted to Number.
During execution of the operation, the exact
value is always used after this conversion,
even if maximum 5 places after the comma
can be displayed (see Chapter 2.4.4.7.5,
page 80)
.

Time

Number

Number

Time(1999;10;7) = 2.0 --> 0

The same rules apply here as for the previous
operation.

Text

Time

Number

"Metrohm" =
Time(1999;10;07) --> 0

Before the operation, the operand is conver-
ted from the type Date/Time to Text (here
thus: "1999-10-07 00:00:00 UTC+2"),
afterwards the texts are compared according
to ASCII value (see Chapter 2.4.4.10, page
87)
.

Time

Text

Number

Time(1999;10;07) =
"Metrohm" --> 0

The same rules apply here as for the previous
operation.

2.4.4.4.2

Greater than

Dialog window: Formula editor

Operators/Functions

Syntax
Operand1 > Operand2

The operands can be entered either directly or as a variable and can be of
the type Text, Number or Date/Time. The result type is always a num-
ber (1 = true, 0 = false).

Examples

Oper-
and1

Oper-
and2

Result

Example

Remark

Operands of the same type:

Number

Number

Number

5 > 4 --> 1

4 > 5 --> 0

-

Text

Text

Number

"Metrohm" > "AG" --> 1

"Aarau" > "Zug" --> 0

When making a comparison between two
texts the ASCII value of the character
sequence is compared (see Chapter
2.4.4.10, page 87)
. Attention: Upper-
case and lowercase letters have different
values!

Time

Time

Number

Time(1998;04;06) >
Time(1964;02;03) --> 1

(see Chapter 2.4.4.6.2, page 75)

Operands of a different type:

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