Non-strict inequality '>=' or '<=' can be replaced with '=='

Reports inequality conditions that, according to data flow analysis, can be satisfied only for a single operand value. Such conditions could be replaced with equality conditions to make the code clearer.

Example:

  if (x >= 10) {
    ...
    if (x <= 10) { // can be replaced with 'x == 10'
    }
  }

Locating this inspection

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Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

NonStrictComparisonCanBeEquality

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Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Java | Verbose or redundant code constructs

New in 2022.2

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection NonStrictComparisonCanBeEquality

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025