Sharp EL-5250, EL-5230 operation manual Equalities and inequalities

Chapter 7: Programming

Equalities and inequalities

These expressions are used to form the conditional statement in the If clause. They are the basis for looping and other flow control operation in programs.

The ‘=’ (equals) sign is also used as a function to form a substitution command for variables.

You can also enter ‘=’ by simply pressing ;=.

Symbols	Key	Description	Examples
	operations
	iC	Equals. This function is also	If B=0 Goto ZERO
=		used to form a substitution	A=A+1
		command that assigns a
		new value to a variable,
		including incrementing or
		decrementing.
<	iD	Less than	If B<0 Goto NGTV
<=	iE	Less than or equal to.	If B≥<=0 Goto CALC
>=	iF	Greater than or equal to.	If B>=0 Goto RECALC
>	iG	Greater than	If B≥>0 Goto PSTV
≠	iH	Not equal to.	If A≠B Goto DIF

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