Less Than

Comparison Operators

Comparison Operators, Comparison, Equal, Not Equal, Greater Than, Less Than, Boolean, Condition, ==, !=, >, <, >=, <=

Comparison operators compare two values and produce a boolean result — either true or false. They are used to build conditions in if/else statements, loops, and anywhere a decision needs to be made.

For a broader introduction to operators, see Operators.

Operators#

Operator	Meaning	Example
`==`	Equal to	`score == 10`
`!=`	Not equal to	`score != 10`
`>`	Greater than	`score > 5`
`<`	Less than	`score < 5`
`>=`	Greater than or equal to	`score >= 5`
`<=`	Less than or equal to	`score <= 5`

Examples#

int score = 7;

Console.WriteLine(score == 10);  // false
Console.WriteLine(score != 10);  // true
Console.WriteLine(score > 5);    // true
Console.WriteLine(score < 5);    // false
Console.WriteLine(score >= 7);   // true
Console.WriteLine(score <= 6);   // false

Python

score = 7

print(score == 10)  # False
print(score != 10)  # True
print(score > 5)    # True
print(score < 5)    # False
print(score >= 7)   # True
print(score <= 6)   # False

JavaScript

let score = 7;

console.log(score === 10);  // false
console.log(score !== 10);  // true
console.log(score > 5);     // true
console.log(score < 5);     // false
console.log(score >= 7);    // true
console.log(score <= 6);    // false

Note: JavaScript uses === (strict equality) instead of ==. Using == in JavaScript performs type coercion and can produce unexpected results. Always use === for comparisons.