Relational Operators in Java

Last Updated: 28 May, 2022

What is an Operator in Java?

Operators are special symbols that perform the specified operations. Each operator is responsible to perform some specific operation on variables or values and return a result. The operators are classified and listed according to precedence order.

Java supports the following types of operators:

1. Arithmetic Operator
2. Assignment Operator
3. Bitwise Operator
4. Logical Operator
5. Relational Operator
6. Ternary Operator
7. Unary Operator

What is Relational Operator in Java?

Relational Operators are a bunch of binary operators that are used to check for relations between two operands. Relational Operators return either true or false as a result after the comparison. Relational Operations are extensively used in looping statements as well as conditional if-else statements and so on.

Just for understanding the below table we assume X=10, Y=20

Example 1: A sample Java Program of Relational Operators

public class RelationalOperatorDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { int x=10; int y=20; System.out.println(x == y); // Output: false System.out.println(x != y); // Output: true System.out.println(x > y); // Output: false System.out.println(x < y); // Output: true System.out.println(x >= y); // Output: false System.out.println(x <= y); // Output: true } }

Output

false
true
false
true
false
true

Example 2: Perform Relational Operations Using Scanner Class

import java.util.Scanner; public class RelationalOperatorDemo2 { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Enter the marks and get the result: "); int marks = scanner.nextInt(); // Marks should not be less than 0 or greater than 100 if(marks < 0 || marks > 100) { System.out.println("Please enter a valid number"); } else if(marks >= 60) { System.out.println("First Division"); } else if(marks >= 50 && marks < 60) { System.out.println("Second Division"); } else if(marks >= 40 && marks < 50) { System.out.println("Third Division"); } else { System.out.println("Fail"); } } }

Output

Enter the marks and get the result:
55
Second Division