Less than: <

Less than operator is a logical operator that is used to compare two numbers.

<

Description

par1 < par2
Used keywords: <

Input


Output

  • Result - Logical value Returns a true, if the first number is less than the second, otherwise false.
Note: It works over all types of numbers.
Compatible programing languages:
Basic | Visual Basic .NET | FreeBASIC | C | C++ | Visual C++ .NET | C# | Java | JavaScript | Object Pascal | Pascal | Free Pascal | PHP

Examples

Example

Less than the possible of use:
a = 5 < 10;       // a = true 
b = 8 < x; 
if (y < 100)  
  x++; 

Example

Even one example in what situations we can use the operation less than:
x < y
10 < f(5)
(i & j) < 128

Example

Other pieces of example codes:
while (i<20)
{
 i= i+2;
 if (i==16)
 {
    continue;
 }
 x++; 
}
if (y<5)
   y = y/ 3.14;    // y = 1.234
if ( y < 100 )  
   x++;
ret = j<i
a>1 || a<100
5 < 3

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