Integer comparisons (-eq, -ne, -gt, -lt, -ge, -le) in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to check if variable x equals 10.

Bash Scripting

if [ "$x" [1] 10 ]; then echo "Equal"; fi

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-eq

B-ne

C-gt

D-lt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-ne' which means 'not equal'.

Using '-gt' or '-lt' which check greater or less than.

The operator '-eq' checks if two integers are equal in bash.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to check if variable y is greater than 5.

Bash Scripting

if [ "$y" [1] 5 ]; then echo "Greater"; fi

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-ne

B-gt

C-eq

D-le

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-le' which means 'less than or equal'.

Using '-eq' which means 'equal'.

The operator '-gt' means 'greater than' in bash integer comparisons.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to check if z is less than or equal to 20.

Bash Scripting

if [ "$z" [1] 20 ]; then echo "Less or equal"; fi

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-lt

B-ge

C-ne

D-le

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-lt' which means strictly less than.

Using '-ge' which means greater than or equal.

The operator '-le' means 'less than or equal to' in bash integer comparisons.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to check if variable a is not equal to 0 and greater than 10.

Bash Scripting

if [ "$a" [1] 0 ] && [ "$a" [2] 10 ]; then echo "Valid"; fi

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-ne

B-eq

C-gt

D-lt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-eq' instead of '-ne' for not equal.

Using '-lt' instead of '-gt' for greater than.

Use '-ne' to check not equal and '-gt' to check greater than.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a condition that checks if b is greater or equal to 5, less than 15, and not equal to 10.

Bash Scripting

if [ "$b" [1] 5 ] && [ "$b" [2] 15 ] && [ "$b" [3] 10 ]; then echo "In range and valid"; fi

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-ge

B-lt

C-ne

D-eq

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-gt' instead of '-ge' for greater or equal.

Using '-le' instead of '-lt' for less than.

Using '-eq' instead of '-ne' for not equal.

Use '-ge' for greater or equal, '-lt' for less than, and '-ne' for not equal.