Less than < <=

Syntax

left { < | <= }¹ right

Input parameters

left	the left operand
right	the right operand

Examples of valid syntaxes

DS_1 < DS_2
DS_1 <= DS_2

Semantics for scalar operations

The operator < returns true if left is smaller than right, false otherwise. The operator <= returns true if left is smaller than or equal to right, false otherwise. For example:

5 < 4 gives **false**
5 <= 5 gives **true**
"hello" < "hi" gives **true**

Input parameters type

left, right

dataset {measure<scalar> _}
| component<scalar>
| scalar

Result type

result

dataset { measure<boolean> bool_var }
| component<boolean>
| boolean

Additional Constraints

Operands left and right must be of the same scalar type.

Behaviour

The operator has the typical behaviour of the “Operators changing the data type” (see the section “Typical behaviours of the ML Operators”). Some valid examples could be: DS_1 < DS_2, DS_1 <= DS_2.