Ge Greater Than Or Equal To (Strings) Operator - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.0 - In Flash 4,
or later, the greater than or equal to (
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: Converted Flash 5 or later file:
x >= y
Operands
expression1 : Object
expression2 : Object
Returns
- The Boolean result of the comparison.
Boolean
Example
In the following example, the greater than or equal to (>=) operator is used to determine
whether the current hour is greater than or equal to 12:
if (new Date().getHours() >= 12) {
trace("good afternoon");
} else {
trace("good morning");
}

ge greater than or equal to (strings) operator

expression1 ge expression2
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This operator was deprecated in favor of the >= (greater than
or equal to) operator.
Compares the string representation of
and returns
expression2
otherwise.
false
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.0
Operands
expression1 : Object
expression2 : Object
) operator is a comparison operator capable of
>=
Number(x) >= Number(y)
- A string, integer, or floating-point number.
- A string, integer, or floating-point number.
expression1
if
true expression1
- Numbers, strings, or variables.
- Numbers, strings, or variables.
is a numeric operator. In Flash 5
>=
with the string representation of
is greater than or equal to ,
expression2
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