public static boolean eval(String expression) {
		if (expression == null) return false;
		String[] comparitors = new String[] {"<=",">=","<>","!",">","<","="};

		int i;
		for (i=0; i < comparitors.length; i++) {
			if (expression.contains(comparitors[i])) {
				String[] split = expression.split(comparitors[i]);
				return compares(split[0], split[1], comparitors[i]);
			}
		}
		return false;
	}