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| 19 |   <head> | 
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| 20 |     <title>JSP 2.0 Expression Language - Basic Comparisons</title> | 
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| 21 |   </head> | 
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| 22 |   <body> | 
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| 23 |     <h1>JSP 2.0 Expression Language - Basic Comparisons</h1> | 
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| 24 |     <hr> | 
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| 25 |     This example illustrates basic Expression Language comparisons. | 
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| 26 |     The following comparison operators are supported: | 
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| 27 |     <ul> | 
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| 28 |       <li>Less-than (&lt; or lt)</li> | 
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| 29 |       <li>Greater-than (&gt; or gt)</li> | 
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| 30 |       <li>Less-than-or-equal (&lt;= or le)</li> | 
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| 31 |       <li>Greater-than-or-equal (&gt;= or ge)</li> | 
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| 32 |       <li>Equal (== or eq)</li> | 
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| 33 |       <li>Not Equal (!= or ne)</li> | 
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| 34 |     </ul> | 
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| 35 |     <blockquote> | 
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| 36 |       <u><b>Numeric</b></u> | 
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| 37 |       <code> | 
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| 38 |         <table border="1"> | 
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| 39 |           <thead> | 
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| 40 |       <td><b>EL Expression</b></td> | 
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| 41 |       <td><b>Result</b></td> | 
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| 42 |     </thead> | 
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| 43 |     <tr> | 
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| 44 |       <td>\${1 &lt; 2}</td> | 
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| 45 |       <td>${1 < 2}</td> | 
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| 46 |     </tr> | 
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| 47 |     <tr> | 
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| 48 |       <td>\${1 lt 2}</td> | 
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| 49 |       <td>${1 lt 2}</td> | 
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| 50 |     </tr> | 
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| 51 |     <tr> | 
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| 52 |       <td>\${1 &gt; (4/2)}</td> | 
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| 53 |       <td>${1 > (4/2)}</td> | 
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| 54 |     </tr> | 
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| 55 |     <tr> | 
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| 56 |       <td>\${1 &gt; (4/2)}</td> | 
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| 57 |       <td>${1 > (4/2)}</td> | 
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| 58 |     </tr> | 
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| 59 |     <tr> | 
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| 60 |       <td>\${4.0 &gt;= 3}</td> | 
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| 61 |       <td>${4.0 >= 3}</td> | 
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| 62 |     </tr> | 
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| 63 |     <tr> | 
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| 64 |       <td>\${4.0 ge 3}</td> | 
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| 65 |       <td>${4.0 ge 3}</td> | 
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| 66 |     </tr> | 
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| 67 |     <tr> | 
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| 68 |       <td>\${4 &lt;= 3}</td> | 
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| 69 |       <td>${4 <= 3}</td> | 
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| 70 |     </tr> | 
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| 71 |     <tr> | 
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| 72 |       <td>\${4 le 3}</td> | 
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| 73 |       <td>${4 le 3}</td> | 
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| 74 |     </tr> | 
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| 75 |     <tr> | 
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| 76 |       <td>\${100.0 == 100}</td> | 
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| 77 |       <td>${100.0 == 100}</td> | 
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| 78 |     </tr> | 
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| 79 |     <tr> | 
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| 80 |       <td>\${100.0 eq 100}</td> | 
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| 81 |       <td>${100.0 eq 100}</td> | 
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| 82 |     </tr> | 
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| 83 |     <tr> | 
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| 84 |       <td>\${(10*10) != 100}</td> | 
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| 85 |       <td>${(10*10) != 100}</td> | 
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| 86 |     </tr> | 
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| 87 |     <tr> | 
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| 88 |       <td>\${(10*10) ne 100}</td> | 
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| 89 |       <td>${(10*10) ne 100}</td> | 
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| 90 |     </tr> | 
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| 91 |   </table> | 
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| 92 |       </code> | 
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| 93 |       <br> | 
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| 94 |       <u><b>Alphabetic</b></u> | 
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| 95 |       <code> | 
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| 96 |         <table border="1"> | 
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| 97 |           <thead> | 
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| 98 |       <td><b>EL Expression</b></td> | 
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| 99 |       <td><b>Result</b></td> | 
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| 100 |     </thead> | 
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| 101 |     <tr> | 
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| 102 |       <td>\${'a' &lt; 'b'}</td> | 
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| 103 |       <td>${'a' < 'b'}</td> | 
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| 104 |     </tr> | 
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| 105 |     <tr> | 
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| 106 |       <td>\${'hip' &gt; 'hit'}</td> | 
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| 107 |       <td>${'hip' > 'hit'}</td> | 
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| 108 |     </tr> | 
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| 109 |     <tr> | 
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| 110 |       <td>\${'4' &gt; 3}</td> | 
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| 111 |       <td>${'4' > 3}</td> | 
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| 112 |     </tr> | 
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| 113 |   </table> | 
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| 114 |       </code> | 
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| 115 |     </blockquote> | 
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| 116 |   </body> | 
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| 117 | </html> | 
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