Problem 4. Smaller, greater or equal?

package Homework_Loop;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class P04_Smaller_greater_or_equal {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

        // Write the INPUT on the same line. Example: 3 2 5 1.

        int N = Integer.parseInt(scanner.next());

        int a = Integer.MIN_VALUE;

        for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
            int num = Integer.parseInt(scanner.next());

            if (i == 1) {
                System.out.print(num);
                a = num;
            } else if (a < num) {
                System.out.print("<" + num);
                a = num;
            } else if (a > num) {
                System.out.print(">" + num);
                a = num;
            } else {
                System.out.print("=" + num);
            }


        }
    }
}