lt

Written by Balazs Halasy, 02/05/2004 Updated 05/04/2005 by Balazs Halasy

Summary

Returns TRUE if a parameter is less than another parameter.

Usage

input|lt( value1 [, value2 ] )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
value1	any	A variable/value that should be compared.	Yes.
value2	any	Another variable/value that should be compared.	Only if the input parameter is omitted.

Returns

TRUE or FALSE (see below).

Description

This operator compares two parameters. It returns TRUE if the first parameter is less than the second parameter; otherwise FALSE will be returned. If the input parameter is provided, the operator will compare it with the first parameter; otherwise it is the first and the second parameter that will be compared. The following table shows how the different types are treated.

Type	Value
Number	The value of the number is used.
String	The number of characters is used.
Boolean	FALSE means 0 and TRUE means 1.
Array	The number of elements is used.
Object	The number of object attributes is used.
Other	Always 0.

Examples

Example 1

{256|lt( 128 )}

{lt( 256, 128 )}

Returns FALSE.

Example 2

{128|lt( 256 )}

{lt( 128, 256 )}

Returns TRUE.

Example 3

{256|lt( 256 )}

{lt( 256, 256 )}