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Corticon Studio: Rule Language Guide : Rule operator details and examples : Less than or equal to
 

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Less than or equal to

SYNTAX

DateTime*
<DateTime1> <= <DateTime2>
Number*
<Number1> <= <Number2>
String
<String1> <= <String2>

DESCRIPTION

DateTime*
Returns a value of true if <DateTime1> is less than or equal to <DateTime2>. This is equivalent to <DateTime1> occurring on or before <DateTime2>
Number
Returns a value of true if <Number1> is less than or equal to <Number2>. Different numeric data types may be compared in the same expression.
String
Returns a value of true if <String1> is less than or equal to <String2>. Corticon Studio uses Character precedence: Unicode and Java Collator.
*includes DateTime, Date, or Time data types

USAGE RESTRICTIONS

The Operators row of the table in Summary Table of Vocabulary Usage Restriction applies, with the following exception: less than or equal to may also be used in Conditional Value Sets & Cells (section 5 of Sections of Rulesheet that correlate with usage restrictions).

RULESHEET EXAMPLE

The following Rulesheet uses less than or equal to to test whether string1 is less than or equal to string2, and assign today's date to dateTime1 if it is. See today for an explanation of this literal term.

SAMPLE RULETEST

A sample Ruletest provides two examples. Input and Output panels are shown below: