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Vertailuoperaatioita, or comparison operations, are fundamental elements in programming and logic. They are used to determine the relationship between two values, typically resulting in a boolean outcome of either true or false. These operations are crucial for controlling the flow of a program, making decisions, and validating data.

The most common comparison operations include equality (checking if two values are the same), inequality (checking if two values are different), greater than, less than, greater than or equal to, and less than or equal to. For example, in many programming languages, the double equals sign (==) represents equality, while the exclamation mark followed by an equals sign (!=) signifies inequality. The greater than symbol (>) and less than symbol (<) are used for their respective comparisons, and these can be combined with the equals sign (>=, <=) to include equality in the check.

These operations are the building blocks of conditional statements like `if` statements, `while` loops, and `for` loops. For instance, an `if` statement might execute a block of code only if a certain condition, established by a comparison operation, evaluates to true. Similarly, a `while` loop will continue to iterate as long as its condition remains true. Understanding and correctly implementing comparison operations is essential for writing efficient and logical code.