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Syntax	expression1 < expression2 expression1 lessthan expression2
Action	This comparison operator yields the boolean value true if the value of expression1 is less (smaller) than the value of expression2.
Examples	file.size ("myFile") < 1000000    » true This expression evaluates to true if the file contains less than one million characters. "abd" < "azz"    » true
Notes	There is no difference between the two forms, < and lessthan. String comparison is carried out according to the ASCII sequence; this yields alphabetical results, but lowercase characters sort after all uppercase characters. That is, "A" < "Z" < "a" < "z". UserTalk employs automatic type coercion when evaluating arithmetic and comparative operations; the two expressions need not be of the same type to be compared.
See Also	> >= <= == "!="