if_icmp<cond>

if_icmp<cond>
branchbyte1
branchbyte2

Forms
if_icmpeq = 159 (0x9f) if_icmpne = 160 (0xa0) if_icmplt = 161 (0xa1) if_icmpge = 162 (0xa2) if_icmpgt = 163 (0xa3) if_icmple = 164 (0xa4)

Stack
..., value1, value2 ...

Description
Both value1 and value2 must be of type int. They are both popped from the operand stack and compared. All comparisons are signed. The results of the comparison are as follows:

• eq succeeds if and only if value1 = value2
• ne succeeds if and only if value1 value2
• lt succeeds if and only if value1 < value2
• le succeeds if and only if value1 £ value2
• gt succeeds if and only if value1 > value2
• ge succeeds if and only if value1 value2

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