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Comparisons

mq provides comparison functionality through built-in functions.

Basic Comparisons

Standard comparison operators are supported:

  • eq(a, b), a == b - Returns true if a equals b
  • ne(a, b), a != b - Returns true if a does not equal b
  • gt(a, b), a > b - Returns true if a is greater than b
  • gte(a, b), a >= b - Returns true if a is greater than or equal to b
  • lt(a, b), a < b - Returns true if a is less than b
  • lte(a, b), a <= b - Returns true if a is less than or equal to b

Examples

# Basic comparisons
1 == 1
# => true
2 > 1
# => true
"a" <= "b"
# => true

# String comparisons
"hello" == "hello"
# => true
"xyz" > "abc"
# => true

# Numeric comparisons
5.5 >= 5.0
# => true
-1 < 0
# => true

# Logical operations
and(true, false)
# => false
or(true, false)
# => true
not(false)
# => true

# Complex conditions
and(x > 0, x < 10)
# =>  true if 0 < x < 10