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86 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
>= (greater than or equal to)
Availability
Flash Player 4.
In Flash 5 or later, the greater than or equal to (
>=) operator is a comparison operator capable of
handling various data types. In Flash 4,
>= is a numeric operator. 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)
Usage
expression1 >= expression2
Parameters
expression1, expression2
A string, integer, or floating-point number.
Returns
A Boolean value.
Description
Operator (comparison); compares two expressions and determines whether expression1 is
greater than or equal to
expression2 (true) or expression1 is less than expression2 (false).
For more information, see “Operator precedence and associativity” in Using ActionScript in Flash.
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");
}