expression comes
before
expression
The comes before
operator compares the two given values. If the first value is less than the second, the comes before
operator evaluates to true
. If the first value is greater than or equal to the second, the comes before
operator evaluates to false
.
If both given values are integer
s or number
s, the values will be compared numerically. If both given values are date
s, the values will be compared chronologically. Otherwise, the values will be compared as strings.
String comparison is case-insensitive. For case-sensitive comparison, use the csstrcmp
function.
is before
, is fewer than
, is less than
, is smaller than
, <
<=
, lt
, le
, between
, decreasing
, descending
, strcmp
, csstrcmp