The greater than operator (>
) returns true
if the left operand is greater than the right operand, and false
otherwise.
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Syntax
x > y
Description
The operands are compared using the Abstract Relational Comparison algorithm. See the documentation for the Less than operator for a summary of this algorithm.
Examples
String to string comparison
console.log("a" > "b"); // false console.log("a" > "a"); // false console.log("a" > "3"); // true
String to number comparison
console.log("5" > 3); // true console.log("3" > 3); // false console.log("3" > 5); // false console.log("hello" > 5); // false console.log(5 > "hello"); // false console.log("5" > 3n); // true console.log("3" > 5n); // false
Number to Number comparison
console.log(5 > 3); // true console.log(3 > 3); // false console.log(3 > 5); // false
Number to BigInt comparison
console.log(5n > 3); // true console.log(3 > 5n); // false
Comparing Boolean, null, undefined, NaN
console.log(true > false); // true console.log(false > true); // false console.log(true > 0); // true console.log(true > 1); // false console.log(null > 0); // false console.log(1 > null); // true console.log(undefined > 3); // false console.log(3 > undefined); // false console.log(3 > NaN); // false console.log(NaN > 3); // false
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript (ECMA-262) The definition of 'Relational operators' in that specification. |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | Server | |||||||||||
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Greater than (a > b ) | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support 3 | Opera Full support 3 | Safari Full support 1 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 10.1 | Safari iOS Full support 1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 | nodejs Full support 0.1.100 |
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- Full support
- Full support