test:greater-than
List of: Scheme Extensions
Subjects: Debugging
Contents: Kernel

Action: Compares two real numbers.

Filename: kern/kern_scm/law_scm.cxx

Syntax: (test:greater-than variable fixed [tolerance] [msg])

Arg Types: variable real

fixed real

tolerance real

msg string

Returns: boolean

Description: Compares variable to fixed, returning true if the variable is greater than the fixed. If the variable is less than the fixed by an amount less than the tolerance, the result is also true.


variable and fixed specify the arguments to be tested.


tolerance specifies the tolerance value to be used.


If a msg string is specified, this string prints out to the debug file if the result is false.

Example: ; test:greater-than

(test:greater-than 2 1)

;; #t

(test:greater-than 2.0 2.1 0.2


"greater within tolerance")

;; #t
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