User Guide

Operators 163
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4 - In Flash 4, > is a numeric operator. In Flash 5
or later, the greater than or equal to (
>=) operator is a comparison operator capable of
handling various data types. Flash 4 files that are brought into the Flash 5 or later authoring
environment undergo a conversion process to maintain data type integrity. The following
illustrates the conversion of a Flash 4 file containing a numeric quality comparison. Flash 4
file:
x >= y Converted Flash 5 or later file: Number(x) >= Number(y)
Operands
expression1 : Object - A string, integer, or floating-point number.
expression2 : Object - A string, integer, or floating-point number.
Returns
Boolean - The Boolean result of the comparison.
Example
In the following example, the greater than or equal to (
>=) operator is used to determine
whether the current hour is greater than or equal to 12:
if (new Date().getHours() >= 12) {
trace("good afternoon");
} else {
trace("good morning");
}
ge greater than or equal to (strings) operator
expression1 ge expression2
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This operator was deprecated in favor of the >= (greater than
or equal to) operator.
Compares the string representation of
expression1 with the string representation of
expression2 and returns true if expression1 is greater than or equal to expression2,
false otherwise.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4
Operands
expression1 : Object - Numbers, strings, or variables.
expression2 : Object - Numbers, strings, or variables.