Less Than (<) Comparison Operator

Summary

Returns true if the left operand is less than the right operand.

Syntax

expression1 < expression2

Parameters

expression1: Any legal expression.
expression2: Any legal expression.

Description

The less than operator compares the values of two expressions. If the expression on the left evaluates to a value that is less than the evaluated value of the expression on the right, the less than operator returns true; otherwise, it returns false.

If either expression has a JavaScript type (such as symbols declared with var, function, or external), the less than operator will additionally - at runtime - convert the values of the expressions to the same type before comparing the values of the results.

Examples

Comparing Values

import System;
 
int x = 1, y = 2, z = 3;
Console.log(x < y); // true
Console.log(z < y); // false

Comparing Values in an 'if' statement

import System;
 
int x = 1;
 
if (x < 2) {
    Console.log("x is less than 2");
}
else {
    Console.log("x is not less than 2");
}