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Brian van Vlymen
12,637 Pointscomparison operator strings. true or false ? A < a ? which one?
Is the following condition true or false? ( 'lion' > 'zebra' ) the answer is False.
because When comparing strings, the first letter of the first string is compared to the first letter of the second string. Since 'l' comes before 'z' in the alphabet, 'lion' is not greater than 'zebra.'
Does JavaScript following the ASCII table in the order? if A < a is true because the lower case "a" is greater number than the capital "A" letter. my assume is true.
it was no teacher notes for students.
Please let me know thanks.
2 Answers
Joseph Casey
6,782 PointsIt definitely follows the ASCII table for determining the highest value. Simply use this script below on something like JSFiddle to test it our yourself
var a = "z";
var b = "†";
if ( a > b ) {
alert("a is greater than b");
}
else if ( a === b ) {
alert("a equals b");
}
else if( a < b ) {
alert("a is less than b");
}
Kelly von Borstel
28,880 PointsYes, it follows ASCII table, so you are correct.