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Wayne Yuen
8,838 PointsWhy "a" > "b" is wrong? Do I have some misunderstanding about the question?
As the title.
"a" > "b"
2 Answers
Nejc Vukovic
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 51,574 PointsYou are comparing 2 strings.
And "a" is not greater than "b" because it comes after the a.
The best way is to compare the ASCII values for those 2 chars:
"a" has a decimal value of 97 and "b" has "98" meaning that 97 is not greater than 98 which evaluates to FALSE.
Hope this helped to clear things a bit.
Nejc Vukovic
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 51,574 PointsMy bad... didn't see that you are on a challange :)
a > b
The challenge says you have to compare variables a and b. By writting "a" > "b" you are comparing two strings and not variables.
Wayne Yuen
8,838 PointsWayne Yuen
8,838 PointsThank you! I misunderstood the question. It say two variable:
a > b