SQL Loader Control file WHEN clause

LOAD DATA
REPLACE
INTO TABLE IDL_Investments
WHEN average_balance < '100.00'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY X'9'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
Borrower_Id,
Account_No,
customer_No,
cptype_id "GETID(:cptype_id)",
customer_name,
average_balance,
CP_GroupName,
CP_type,
Account_Type,
Instrument_type,
DD_date "TO_DATE(:DD_date, 'dd/mm/yy')",
fac_Maturity_date "TO_DATE(:fac_Maturity_date, 'dd/mm/yy')"
above one is the control file. when i tried to load data i waas getting the following error.
SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line 4.
Illegal combination of non-alphanumeric characters
WHEN average_balance < '100.00'
^
instead of '<' symbol if i place an '=' symbol then its workig fine.
So how do I use <, <=, > or >= operators in a WHEN clause of a control file can any one help me?
Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the suggestion but by searching in someother sites i found that
only equality operators ('=', '!=' or '<>') are permited in the WHEN clause expressions of a control file in SQL Loader.
So now i changed my logic.
thanks anyway.

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