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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript language elements > Operators > > greater than operator

> greater than operator

expression1 > expression2

Compares two expressions and determines whether expression1 is greater than expression2; if it is, the operator returns true. If expression1 is less than or equal to expression2, the operator returns false. String expressions are evaluated using alphabetical order; all capital letters come before lowercase letters.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4 - In Flash 4, > is a numeric operator. In Flash 5 or later, the greater-than (>) operator is a comparison operator capable of handling various data types. Flash 4 files that are brought into the Flash 5 or later authoring environment undergo a conversion process to maintain data type integrity. The following illustrates the conversion of a Flash 4 file containing a numeric quality comparison. Flash 4 file: x > y Converted Flash 5 or later file: Number(x) > Number(y)

Operands

expression1 : Object - A number or string.

expression2 : Object - A number or string.

Returns

Boolean - The Boolean result of the comparison.

Example

In the following example, the greater than (>) operator is used to determine whether the value of the text field score_txt is greater than 90:

if (score_txt.text>90) { 
 trace("Congratulations, you win!"); 
} else { 
 trace("sorry, try again"); 
} 

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