Rexx Programming/How to Rexx/numeric comparison

The following example shows a numerical comparison being using comparative operators:

x = 3 if x > 2 then say "x is greater than 2"

Supported operators
The following comparative operators are supported:

= 	Equal To \= 	Not Equal To < 	Less Than > 	Greater Than <= 	Less Than or Equal To >= 	Greater Than or Equal To \< 	Not Less Than \> 	Not Greater Than <> 	Not Equal To >< 	Not Equal To

Leading zeros are ignored for numerical comparisons
For a numerical comparison to be made, leading zeros are ignored:

x = "002" if x = 2 then say "x equals 2"

Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored for numerical comparisons
y = " 10 " if y = 10 then say "y equals 10"