7.3 Conditional Operators

In Chapter 2, conditional operators were examined alongside inequalities. C++ uses conditional operators to help programs make decisions about the data it encounters, as we shall see. To make decisions, a programmer needs to compare data. This is achieved using conditional operators, and these operators are as follows:

= = Equal To

In C++, the = assignment operator is used to assign values to variables and constants. But the == equality operator is used to determine whether one value is equal to another.
> Greater Than

Determines whether one quantity is larger than another.
>= Greater Than or Equal To

Determines whether one quantity is greater than or equal to another.
< Less Than

Checks to see whether one quantity is less than another.
<= Less Than or Equal To

Checks whether one quantity is less than or equal to another.
!= Not Equal To

Tests whether one quantity is not equal to another.