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Less Than(<) Comparison Operator in JavaScript

Last Updated : 18 May, 2023
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JavaScript Less Than(<) Operator is used to compare two operands and return true if the left operand has a lesser value than the right operator. The values are converted to equal primitive types before conversion If both the values are strings the comparison is done on the basis of their Unicode. Boolean values like true and false are converted to 1 and 0 respectively.

Syntax: 

a<b

Example 1: In this example, we will compare String, Number, and Boolean using Less Than Operator.

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console.log("3"<2);
console.log("2"<3);
console.log(true<false);


Output: The String and Boolean values are converted to Numbers and compared.

false
true
false

Example 2: In this example, we will compare BigInt, and other data types Less Than Operator.

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console.log(2<2n);
console.log(5n<4);
console.log(undefined<null);
console.log(null<undefined)


Output: Similar to the previous example, the values are first converted to numbers and then compared.

false
false
false
false

Supported Browsers:

  • Chrome
  • Edge
  • Firefox
  • Opera
  • Safari

We have a complete list of JavaScript Comparison Operators, to check those please go through, the JavaScript Comparison Operator article


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