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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript language elements > Operators > <= less than or equal to 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.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4 - In Flash 4, <= is a numeric operator. In Flash 5 or later, the less than or equal to (<= ) 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

The following examples show true and false results for both numeric and string comparisons:

trace(5 <= 10); // true 
trace(2 <= 2); // 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 

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