Greater-than Operator
In JavaScript, Greater-than comparison operator takes two operands, returns true if value in left side operand is greater than that of the right operand, or false otherwise.
Syntax
>
symbol is used for comparison greater-than operator.
a > 5 //returns true if a has a value > 5
a > b //returns true if a has a value greater than b
Examples
1. Check if value in a
is greater than 5
.
var a = 8;
if (a > 5) {
console.log('a is greater than 5');
} else {
console.log('a is not greater than 5');
}
2. Check if value in a
is greater than that of in b
.
var a = 5;
var b = 7;
if (a > b) {
console.log('a is greater than b');
} else {
console.log('a is not greater than b');
}