codeforces 616A ComparingTwoLongIntegers program in java

ComparingTwoLongIntegers.java

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class ComparingTwoLongIntegers
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String x=null;
        String y=null;
        try {
            x = br.readLine();
            y = br.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
        x = x.replaceFirst ("^0*", "");
        y = y.replaceFirst("^0+(?!$)", "");
        if(x.isEmpty())
            x="0";
        if(y.isEmpty())
            y="0";
        if(x.length()>y.length())
            System.out.println(">");
        else if(x.length()<y.length())
            System.out.println("<");
        else
        {
            if(x.compareTo(y)==0)
                System.out.println("=");
            else {
                for(int i=0;i<x.length();i++) {
                    if(Character.getNumericValue(x.charAt(i))==Character.getNumericValue(y.charAt(i)))
                        continue;
                    else if(Character.getNumericValue(x.charAt(i))>Character.getNumericValue(y.charAt(i))) {
                        System.out.println(">");
                        break;
                    }
                    else {
                        System.out.println("<");
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}