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The < operator compares two values to see if the first value is less than the second value.
Parameters
This operator has two parameters:
value1 – The first numeric or text value.
value2 – The second numeric or text value.
Description
The < operator compares two values to see if the first is smaller than the second. The two values can be either text or numeric, but they must both be the same type. The result is true if the first value is less than the second, and false if the first is less than or equal to the second. Here are some examples:
34 < 45 ☞ true
73 < 34 ☞ false
56 < 56 ☞ false
"abc" < "xyz" ☞ true
"xyz" < "abc" ☞ false
"abc" < "abc" ☞ false
"123" < 123 ☞ error
You can also spell out the operator name, like this:
598 islessthan 747 ☞ true
"abc" islessthan "def" ☞ true
Note: The Boolean values true and false are actually integer (numeric) values -1 and 0 respectively.
Error Messages
Cannot compare text with number. – Both parameters must be the same data type. If one is text and the other is numeric, the result is this error.
See Also
- <= -- compares two values to see if the first value is less than or equal to the second value.
- <> -- compares two values to see if they are different.
- = -- compares two values to see if they are the same.
- > -- compares two values to see if the first value is greater than the second value.
- >= -- compares two values to see if the first value is greater than or equal to the second value.
- and -- returns true if both operands are true.
- beginswith -- returns true if the value on the left starts with
the value on the right, false if it doesn't.
- between( -- checks to see if a value is between two other values.
- boolstr( -- converts a Boolean value to text, either `"true"` or `"false"`.
- contains -- returns true if the value on the left contains
the value on the right, false if it doesn't.
- containsword -- returns true if the text contains a specified word, false if it doesn't.
- endswith -- returns true if the value on the left ends with
the value on the right, false if it doesn't.
- false( -- returns false.
- like -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- limit( -- checks to see if a value is between a minimum and maximum value. If it is, the value is returned unchanged. If it is below the minimum, the minimum value is returned. If it is above the maximum the maximum value is returned.
- match -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- matchexact -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- not -- reverses a boolean value.
- not( -- reverses a Boolean value
- notbetween( -- checks to see if a value is *not* between two other values.
- notcontains -- returns true if the value on the left does not contain
the value on the right, false if it does.
- notmatch -- checks to see if the text on the left does not match the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- notmatchexact -- checks to see if the text on the left doesn't match the wildcard pattern specified on the right.
- or -- returns true if either operand is true, or false if both are false.
- regexmatch -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the regular expression on the right (see Regular Expressions).
- regexmatchexact -- checks to see if the text on the left matches the regular expression on the right (see Regular Expressions).
- soundex( -- computes a four character code that roughly corresponds to the phonetic pronunciation of the word.
- soundslike -- compares two words to see if they "sound like" each other.
- switch( -- chooses from a list of values.
- true( -- returns true.
- xor -- returns true if one of the two parameters is true, false if neither or both are true.
History
| 10.0 | Updated | Carried over from Panorama 6.0, but now allows alternate spelling |