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> - Function Summary


Summary:

Returns TRUE if the first value is greater than the second value.

Usage:

> value1 value2

Arguments:

value1 - The value1 argument.

value2 - The value2 argument.

Description:

Returns FALSE for all other values. The values must be of the same datatype or an error will occur. For string-based datatypes, the sorting order is used for comparison with character casing ignored (uppercase = lowercase).


    print "abc" > "abb"
    true


    print 16-June-1999 > 12-june-1999
    true


    print 4.3.2.1 > 1.2.3.4
    true


    print 11:00 > 12:00
    false

Related:

< - Returns TRUE if the first value is less than the second value.
<= - Returns TRUE if the first value is less than or equal to the second value.
<> - Returns TRUE if the values are not equal.
= - Returns TRUE if the values are equal.
>= - Returns TRUE if the first value is greater than or equal to the second value.
greater? - Returns TRUE if the first value is greater than the second value.
max - Returns the greater of the two values.
min - Returns the lesser of the two values.


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