User Guide

170 ActionScript language elements
lt less than (strings) operator
expression1 lt expression2
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This operator was deprecated in favor of the < (less than)
operator.
Compares
expression1 to expression2 and returns true if expression1 is less than
expression2, false otherwise.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4
Operands
expression1 : Object - Numbers, strings, or variables.
expression2 : Object - Numbers, strings, or variables.
Returns
Boolean - The result of the comparison.
See also
< less than operator
<= less than or equal to operator
expression1 <= expression2
Compares two expressions and determines whether expression1 is less than or equal to
expression2; if it is, the operator returns true. If expression1 is greater than
expression2, the operator returns false. String expressions are evaluated using alphabetical
order; all capital letters come before lowercase letters.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4 - In Flash 4,
<= is a numeric operator. In Flash 5
or later, the less 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 number or string.
expression2 : Object - A number or string.