Greater than operator

Category:Math

Greater than operator

Category: Math

Tests whether a value is greater than another value.

Your apps will sometimes need to check the relative size of two values, and then possibly perform some specific action using an if, if-else, or while block. < returns true if the value on the left-hand side of the opertor is strictly greater than the value on the right-hand side of the operator.

Examples

// Basic numeric greater than check.
var x = 5;
var y = 4;
console.log(x > 4);
console.log(x > y);

Example: Comparing "apples" the "Apples" Basic string greater than check. Case matters for string comparison.

// Basic string equality check. Case matters for string comparison.
var x = "apples";
var y = "Apples";
console.log(x > "bananas");
console.log(x > y);

Example: 2 is greater than "12"? Numeric string to number conversion is automatic in App Lab.

// Numeric string to number conversion is automatic in App Lab.
var x = 2;
var y = "12";
if(x > y)
{
  console.log("less");
}
else
{
  console.log("not less");
}

Syntax

___ > ___

Parameters

Name Type Required? Description
___ any Yes The operands can be a number/string/boolean, or a variable containing a number/string/boolean, or the number/string/boolean returned by a function, or the number/string/boolean result of the evaluation of an expression.

Returns

Boolean true or false

Tips

  • If you want to test if a value is less than OR equal, you can use the >= operator.
  • JavaScript will automatically perform type conversion for you when comparing two values (e.g. the integer 5 will register as equivalent to the string "5").
  • When comparing two strings, JavaScript will compare them alphabetically based on character by character comparison left to right. All the upper case letters come before the lower case letters.
  • Comparison operators include < <= == > >= !=

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Syntax

__ > __

Returns

Boolean (true or false)

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