Operators

There are four types of operators:

Arithmetic operators perform calculations (for example, 100*10).
Standard Comparative operators compare operands and resolve to either true or false (for example, 5 > 4, TOTAL .LT. 100, NAME = ‘SMITH’).
If both operands are numeric, a numeric comparison takes place. If either operand is nonnumeric, the operands are compared as character strings from left to right.
Forced Character Comparative operators compare operands as character strings and resolve to either true or false. These operators start with the letter C.
Forced Character operators specify a character comparison even if both operands are numeric. Character operands and expressions using Forced Character operators are compared as character strings from left to right. For example:

91 CGT 1000 resolves to true
(because 9 is greater than 1)
Boolean Comparative operators evaluate to true or false using Boolean logic operators AND and OR (for example, 10 > 5 AND 100 > 10). An AND expression evaluates to true if both of its operands resolve to true. An OR expression evaluates to true if either of its operands resolves to true.

Table 144 lists Control-M/Analyzer operators by type.

Table 144 Control-M/Analyzer Operator Types

Operator Type	Operator	Description
Arithmetic	+ - * /	Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division
Standard Comparative	EQ, = NE, Ø = GT, > GE, >= LT, < LE, <=	Is equal to Is not equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Is less than Is less than or equal to
Forced Character Comparative	CEQ CNE CGT CGE CLT CLE	Is equal to Is not equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Is less than Is less than or equal to
Boolean Comparative Concatenation	AND OR //	True if both operands are true True if either operand is true Concatenate contents of two Control-M/Analyzer variables