Re: How to find the greatest of two numbers without using the comparison operators?

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:41:03 -0000, Aparajita
<aparajita.mohanty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I want to find the greatest of two given numbers say 'A' and 'B.
The condition is that I should use the IF clause but not comparison
operators like '<', '>','=' etc.
Is there any other operator in COBOL by which we can compare two
numbers.

Thanks!
Aparajita

Can't use operators? How about words? You know like:

IF A IS GREATER THAN B
Then do something.

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