MACROMEDIA Flash Lite 2, Reference

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156 ActionScript language elements
Example
The following examples show
true
and
false
returns for both numeric and string
comparisons:
trace(3 < 10); // true
trace(10 < 3); // false
trace("Allen" < "Jack"); // true
trace("Jack" < "Allen"); //false
trace("11" < "3"); // true
trace("11" < 3); // false (numeric comparison)
trace("C" < "abc"); // true
trace("A" < "a"); // true
lt less than (strings) operator
expression1 lt expression2
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This operator was deprecated in favor of the < (less than)
operator.
Compares
expression1
to
expression2
and returns
true
if
expression1
is less than
expression2
,
false
otherwise.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.0
Operands
expression1 : Object
- Numbers, strings, or variables.
expression2 : Object
- Numbers, strings, or variables.
Returns
Boolean
- The result of the comparison.
See also
< less than operator
<= less than or equal to operator
expression1 <= expression2
Compares two expressions and determines whether
expression1
is less than or equal to
expression2
; if it is, the operator returns
true
. If
expression1
is greater than
expression2
, the operator returns
false
. String expressions are evaluated using alphabetical
order; all capital letters come before lowercase letters.