Go Comparison Operators

Comparison Operators

Comparison operators are used to compare two values.

Note: The return value of a comparison is either true (1) or false (0).

In the following example, we use the greater than operator (>) to find out if 5 is greater than 3:

package main
import ("fmt")

func main() {
  var x = 5
  var y = 3
  fmt.Println(x>y) // returns 1 (true) because 5 is greater than 3
}

A list of all comparison operators:

Operator	Name	Example	Try it
==	Equal to	x == y	Try it »
!=	Not equal	x != y	Try it »
>	Greater than	x > y	Try it »
<	Less than	x < y	Try it »
>=	Greater than or equal to	x >= y	Try it »
<=	Less than or equal to	x <= y	Try it »

You will learn more about comparison operators and how to use them in the Go Conditions chapter.