ge (greater or equals than), ge_

Function: ge

• Functionality

  Compares two objects to check if object1 is equal or greater than object2.

• Arguments

  ge(Object aObject1,Object aObject2)

• Return

  A Boolean value.

Function 'ge' is not well suited for handling null values. If any or both arguments are null, the function returns a null value. Possible related problems can be circumvented by using the 'ge_' function instead.

Function: ge_

• Functionality

  The function compares two objects to check if object1 is equal or greater than object2.

  It also handles null arguments, a null argument is considered as the smallest value of all.

  • ge_(notnull, null) => True
  • ge_(null, notnull) => False
  • ge_(null, null) => True
• Arguments

  ge_(Object object1,Object object2)

• Return

  A Boolean value.

Example:

ge_(totalprice, grossprice)

is equivalent to

or(and(isNull(totalprice), isNull(grossprice)), isNull(grossprice), ge(totalprice, grossprice))