<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title><=</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="csound.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="syntax-highlighting.css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Canonical Csound Reference Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="OpcodesTop.html" title="Orchestra Opcodes and Operators" /> <link rel="prev" href="lessthan.html" title="<" /> <link rel="next" href="multiplies.html" title="*" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center"><=</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="lessthan.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="multiplies.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a id="lessequal"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexLtEqualColon" class="indexterm"></a> <a id="IndexLtEqualQuestion" class="indexterm"></a> <a id="IndexLtEqualExpression" class="indexterm"></a> <a id="IndexLtEqual" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle"><=</span> </h2> <p><= — Determines if one value is less than or equal to another. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472953374616"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Determines if one value is less than or equal to another. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472953373240"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis">(a <span class="command"><strong><=</strong></span> b <span class="command"><strong>?</strong></span> v1 <span class="command"><strong>:</strong></span> v2)</pre> <p> where <span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>v1</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>v2</em></span> may be expressions, but <span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span> not audio-rate. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472953366792"></a> <h2>Performance</h2> <p> In the above conditional, <span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span> are first compared. If the indicated relation is true (<span class="emphasis"><em>a</em></span> less than or equal to <span class="emphasis"><em>b</em></span>), then the conditional expression has the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>v1</em></span>; if the relation is false, the expression has the value of <span class="emphasis"><em>v2</em></span>. </p> <p> NB.: If <span class="emphasis"><em>v1</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>v2</em></span> are expressions, these will be evaluated before the conditional is determined. </p> <p> In terms of binding strength, all conditional operators (i.e. the relational operators (<span class="emphasis"><em><</em></span>, etc.), and <span class="emphasis"><em>?</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>:</em></span> ) are weaker than the arithmetic and logical operators (<span class="emphasis"><em>+</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>-</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>*</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>/</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>&&</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>||</em></span>). </p> <p> These are <span class="emphasis"><em>operators</em></span> not <span class="emphasis"><em>opcodes</em></span>. Therefore, they can be used within orchestra statements, but do not form complete statements themselves. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472953355736"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the <= operator. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/lessequal.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">lessequal.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idm281472953353880"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 26. Example of the <= operator.</strong> </p> <div class="example-contents"> <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472788954440"></a> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="nt"><CsoundSynthesizer></span> <span class="nt"><CsOptions></span> <span class="c1">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span> -odac <span class="c1">;;;realtime audio out</span> <span class="c1">;-iadc ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too</span> <span class="c1">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span> <span class="c1">; -o <=.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span> <span class="nt"></CsOptions></span> <span class="nt"><CsInstruments></span> <span class="vg">sr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">44100</span> <span class="vg">ksmps</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">32</span> <span class="vg">nchnls</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="vg">0dbfs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="kd">instr</span> <span class="nf">1</span> k<span class="n">val</span> <span class="nb">randomh</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">1.2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">20</span> <span class="c1">;choose between 0 and 1.2</span> <span class="k">if</span> k<span class="n">val</span> <span class="o">></span><span class="mi">0</span> <span class="o">&&</span> k<span class="n">val</span><span class="o"><=</span><span class="mf">.5</span> <span class="k">then</span> <span class="c1">;3 possible outcomes</span> k<span class="n">vl</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="k">elseif</span> k<span class="n">val</span> <span class="o">></span><span class="mf">.5</span> <span class="o">&&</span> k<span class="n">val</span><span class="o"><=</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="k">then</span> k<span class="n">vl</span> <span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span> <span class="k">elseif</span> k<span class="n">val</span> <span class="o">></span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="k">then</span> k<span class="n">vl</span> <span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span> <span class="k">endif</span> <span class="nb">printks</span> <span class="s">"random number = %f, result = %f</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">.1</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">val</span><span class="p">,</span> k<span class="n">vl</span> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="nb">poscil</span> <span class="mf">.7</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">440</span><span class="o">*</span>k<span class="n">vl</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="nb">outs</span> a<span class="n">sig</span><span class="p">,</span> a<span class="n">sig</span> <span class="kd">endin</span> <span class="nt"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="nt"><CsScore></span> <span class="nb">f</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">16384</span> <span class="mi">10</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="nb">e</span> <span class="nt"></CsScore></span> <span class="nt"></CsoundSynthesizer></span> </pre> </div> </div> </div> <p><br class="example-break" /> Its output should include lines like this: </p> <pre class="screen"> random number = 1.035781, result = 3.000000 random number = 0.134037, result = 1.000000 random number = 0.130742, result = 1.000000 random number = 1.002550, result = 3.000000 random number = 0.370565, result = 1.000000 random number = 0.655759, result = 2.000000 random number = 0.676154, result = 2.000000 ......</pre> <p> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472953348488"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="equals.html" title="=="><em class="citetitle">==</em></a>, <a class="link" href="greaterequal.html" title=">="><em class="citetitle">>=</em></a>, <a class="link" href="greaterthan.html" title=">"><em class="citetitle">></em></a>, <a class="link" href="lessthan.html" title="<"><em class="citetitle"><</em></a>, <a class="link" href="notequal.html" title="!="><em class="citetitle">!=</em></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="lessthan.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="OpcodesTop.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="multiplies.html">Next</a></td> </tr> 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