Greater than/less than comparisons

Hello!
Does somebody has any idea why I get this error message ?
Greater than/less than comparisons with character type operands may not be portable ?
friendly regards
erdem

Hi Erdem,
You can only use the comparison operators with in the Numeric Characters or the parameters with integer Data Types or Decimal Data Types.
For Example,
Data : A type I Value '5',
B Type I Value '10'.
If A < B.
else.
Thanks.
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