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JavaScript The Solution

Posted by Carl Orre
Carl Orre
5,566 Points

Difference between <5 and <=4

My solutions were almost identical to the instructor’s except I only used “greater than” or “less than” operators and no “greater/less than or equal to” operators. Based on the solutions provided it seems that in these particular cases they can be used interchangeably. For example on whileLoops solution 1 “i < 5” is used and in solution 2 “i <= 5” is used. In these cases “i <= 4” and “i < 6” respectively could also have been used. My question is, in cases like these, does it make any practical difference which operator is used? Is either alternative considered best coding practice?

1 Answer

Ignacio Rocha
Ignacio Rocha
7,462 Points
Ignacio Rocha
Ignacio Rocha
7,462 Points

You are right both options work just fine there is no big difference and neither one is better than the other and there is no "Best practice" regarding these operators. Is good to know just the logic that you, as a developer, wants to implement in your code, if you understand what it does then both options are correct.