Less-than or Equal-to Operator in JavaScript



Comparison Less-than or Equal-to

Comparison less-than or equal-to operator takes two operands, returns true if value in left side operand is less than or equal to that of the right operand, or false otherwise.

Syntax

<= symbol is used for comparison less-than or equal-to operator.

a <= 5  //returns true if a has a value < or == 5
a <= b  //returns true if a has a value < or == b

Examples

1. In the following program, we check if value in a is less than or equal to 5.

var a = 3;
if (a <= 5) {
    console.log('a is less than or equal to 5');
} else {
    console.log('a is not less than or equal to 5');
}

2. In the following program, we check if value in a is less than or equal to that of in b.

var a = 9;
var b = 4;
if (a <= b) {
    console.log('a is less than or equal to b');
} else {
    console.log('a is not less than or equal to b');
}