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<div><h1>>= -- greater than or equal</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>x >= y</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>x</tt></span></li>
<li><span><tt>y</tt></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___Boolean.html">Boolean value</a></span>, depending on whether x >= y</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>Calls upon <a href="__qu.html" title="comparison operator">?</a> to perform the comparison, if necessary.</div>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>>=</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li><span>>= InfiniteNumber, see <span><a href="__gt_eq_sp__Z__Z.html" title="greater than or equal">>= ZZ</a> -- greater than or equal</span></span></li>
<li><span><a href="__gt_eq_sp__Z__Z.html" title="greater than or equal">>= ZZ</a> -- greater than or equal</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="__gt_eq.html" title="greater than or equal">>=</a> is <span>a <a href="___Keyword.html">keyword</a></span>.</p>
<div><div><p>This operator may be used as a prefix unary operator in an expression like <tt>>=y</tt>. The user may <a href="_installing_spmethods.html">install a method</a> for handling such expressions with code such as</p>
<pre> >= Y := (y) -> ...</pre>
<p>where <tt>Y</tt> is the class of <tt>y</tt>.</p>
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