Comparison Operators - IBM Cognos User Manual

Example
Name = 'Smith' or Name = 'Wong'
Retrieves the data for the names Smith and Wong.
Not Logical Operator
Returns True if the condition is false.
Example
not ( "STATE" <> 'CA' )
Returns True for all states that are not California.
String Operator (+)
Concatenates two strings together.
Syntax
Char1 + Char2
Examples
FirstName + LastName
Combines FirstName and LastName without spaces between.

Comparison Operators

Comparison operators compare two values and produce the logical value True or
False.
Operators
Comparison Operator Symbols
Isnull
Comparison Operator Symbols
Compare two values.
Syntax
Value1 [=,<,>,<=,>=] Value2
Example
Qty < 100
If the quantity is less than 100, evaluates to True and retrieves only those rows.
Price > 1000 or Qty <= 3
If the price is greater than 1000 or the quantity is less than or equal to 3, evaluates
to True and retrieves only those rows.
Isnull
Determines if a value is undefined in the data.
Description
Compares two values.
Determines if a value is undefined in the
data.
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