User Guide

Operators 147
Compares two expressions for equality and returns a value of true if the string representation
of
expression1 is equal to the string representation of expression2, false otherwise.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.0
Operands
expression1 : Object - Numbers, strings, or variables.
expression2 : Object - Numbers, strings, or variables.
Returns
Boolean - The result of the comparison.
See also
== equality operator
> greater than operator
expression1 > expression2
Compares two expressions and determines whether expression1 is greater than
expression2; if it is, the operator returns true. If expression1 is less than or equal to
expression2, the operator returns false. String expressions are evaluated using alphabetical
order; all capital letters come before lowercase letters.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.0 - In Flash 4,
> is a numeric operator. In Flash 5
or later, the greater-than (
>) 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.
Returns
Boolean - The Boolean result of the comparison.