{"id":31324,"date":"2018-04-21T15:47:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/comparison-operators\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T01:18:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T01:18:17","slug":"comparison-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/comparison-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Comparison Operators<\/h2>\n<p>Comparison operators are used to compare two values, or operands. The result of the evaluation will return a Boolean result. There are six comparison operators available in AMPscript.<\/p>\n<p>The operands need to be the same type; for example, string, date, number or Boolean:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Operator<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><code>==<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">is equal to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><code>!=<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">is not equal to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><code>&gt;<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">is greater than<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><code>&lt;<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">is less than<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><code>&gt;=<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">is greater than or equal to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><code>&lt;=<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">is less than or equal to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>String operands can only use <code>==<\/code> or <code>!=<\/code> operators for comparison. String comparisons are evaluated as case-insensitive, so <code>\"GOLD\" == \"gold\"<\/code> will evaluate to <code>true<\/code>.<\/p>\n<h3>Example 1<\/h3>\n<p>The example below indicates a string comparison (in the AMPscript block) and a Boolean comparison (in inline AMPscript):<\/p>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31324\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31324?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31324\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"0c0230e06d\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Example 2<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31324\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31324?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31324\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"0c0230e06d\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comparison Operators Comparison operators are used to compare two values, or operands. The result of the evaluation will return a Boolean result. There are six comparison operators available in AMPscript. 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