General Format:
 
	  
	  
 
	  Note that the required relational characters "<" , ">", and "=" are not underlined, to avoid confusion with other symbols such as " ? ". 
	 
 
  General Rules:
 
	   
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		Relation tests can be made only between: 
		  
		  - Two index-names. The result is the same as if the corresponding occurrence numbers were compared. 
		  
- An index-name and a numeric data item or numeric literal. The occurrence number that corresponds to the value of the index-name is compared to the data item or literal. 
		  
- An index data item and an index-name or another index data item. The actual values are compared without conversion. 
		  
  An index-name can be compared with an arithmetic expression. The occurrence number that corresponds to the value of the index-name is compared to the computed value of the expression. An index-name can be compared with an arithmetic expression. The occurrence number that corresponds to the value of the index-name is compared to the computed value of the expression.
- The result of the comparison of an index data item with any data item or literal not specified above is undefined.