Greater than (>)
The greater than operator (>
) returns true
if the left
operand is greater than the right operand, and false
otherwise.
Syntax
x > y
Description
The operands are compared using the Abstract Relational Comparison algorithm. See the documentation for the Less than operator for a summary of this algorithm.
Examples
String to string comparison
console.log("a" > "b"); // false
console.log("a" > "a"); // false
console.log("a" > "3"); // true
String to number comparison
console.log("5" > 3); // true
console.log("3" > 3); // false
console.log("3" > 5); // false
console.log("hello" > 5); // false
console.log(5 > "hello"); // false
console.log("5" > 3n); // true
console.log("3" > 5n); // false
Number to Number comparison
console.log(5 > 3); // true
console.log(3 > 3); // false
console.log(3 > 5); // false
Number to BigInt comparison
console.log(5n > 3); // true
console.log(3 > 5n); // false
Comparing Boolean, null, undefined, NaN
console.log(true > false); // true
console.log(false > true); // false
console.log(true > 0); // true
console.log(true > 1); // false
console.log(null > 0); // false
console.log(1 > null); // true
console.log(undefined > 3); // false
console.log(3 > undefined); // false
console.log(3 > NaN); // false
console.log(NaN > 3); // false
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-relational-operators |
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