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An Example of the COMPARE Command

The following statement compares the value of A1 to the value of A2:

COMPARE A1,A2

The condition code produced by the statement depends on the values held in A1 and A2:

• If the value of A1 is 5, and the value of A2 is 6, the condition code will be LT.
• If the value of A1 is 6, and the value of A2 is 5, the condition will be GT.
• If the value of A1 is 6 and the value of A2 is 6, the condition code will be EQ.