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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements Conditional Statements and Operators Review

Posted by Rhema Williams
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Rhema Williams
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 730 Points

Hi, I am wondering why this statement isn't true... Is the following condition true or false? ( 'lion' > 'zebra' )

I am taking a quiz and it presented an incorrect answer statement when I said that this statement was true because "L" comes before "Z" in the alphabet. Am not understanding the question or is this quiz providing the wrong answer. Thanks so much in advance.

1 Answer

Brandon White
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Brandon White
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 34,660 Points

Hi Rhema,

Because L comes before Z in the alphabet, L is less than Z. Thinking a little deeper it may have something to do with ascii and the value assigned to different letters. 🤷🏾‍♂️