ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

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Chapter 5: Operators

If the operands are strings, the less-than operator returns true if operand1 comes

before

operand2 in the Unicode character set; otherwise, it returns false:

"a" < "z" // true; lowercase "a" comes before lowercase "z"

"A" < "a" // true; uppercase letters come before lowercase

"Z" < "a" // true; uppercase letters come before lowercase

"hello" < "hi" // true; "e" comes before "i"

For further string comparison details, see “Character order and alphabetic compari-

sons” in Chapter 4.

The Greater-Than Operator

The greater-than operator takes the general form:

operand1 > operand2

If the operands are numeric, the greater-than operator returns the Boolean true if

operand1 is mathematically larger than operand2:

5 > 6 // false

5 > 5 // false; they are equal, but 5 is not greater than 5

–3 > –6 // true; –3 is greater than –6.

–6 > –3 // false; –6 is not greater than –3.

If the operands are strings, the greater-than operator returns true if operand1 comes

after

operand2 in the Unicode character set; otherwise, it returns false:

"a" > "z" // false; lowercase "a" comes before lowercase "z"

"A" > "a" // false; uppercase letters don't come after lowercase

"Z" > "a" // false; uppercase letters don't come after lowercase

"hello" > "hi" // false; "e" comes before "i"

For further string ...