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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Review Conditional Statements and Comparison Operators

Andy tran
Andy tran
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Posted by Andy tran
Andy tran
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Comparison of two strings

( 'lion' > 'zebra' ). Why is this condition false? I thought the first letter 'l' came before letter 'z' should be greater, so the string 'lion' should be greater than string 'zebra'.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Since "l" comes before "z" in the alphabet, "l" has a lower value than "z". So a word starting with "l" has a lower value than a word starting with "z".

So "lion" < "zebra" (and 'lion' > 'zebra' is false).

Andy tran
Andy tran
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Andy tran
Andy tran
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So the first word with the first letter that comes before the first letter of the second word has lower value than the second word right. So, ''apple'' has a smaller value than '' bear' right cause letter 'a' in string 'apple' comes before letter 'b' in string 'bear'.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Yes, just like in numbers 1 comes before 3 so 1 is less than 3.