Operator < (Less Than)

Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As Byte, ByRef rhs As Byte ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As UByte, ByRef rhs As UByte ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As Short, ByRef rhs As Short ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As UShort, ByRef rhs As UShort ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As Integer, ByRef rhs As Integer ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As UInteger, ByRef rhs As UInteger ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As LongInt, ByRef rhs As LongInt ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As ULongInt, ByRef rhs As ULongInt ) As Integer

Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As Single, ByRef rhs As Single ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As Double, ByRef rhs As Double ) As Integer

Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As String, ByRef rhs As String ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As ZString, ByRef rhs As ZString ) As Integer
Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As WString, ByRef rhs As WString ) As Integer

Declare Operator < ( ByRef lhs As T, ByRef rhs As T ) As Integer

result = lhs < rhs

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Returns negative one (-1) if the left-hand side expression is less than the right-hand side expression, or zero (0) if greater than or equal.

Operator < (Less than) is a binary operator that compares two expressions for inequality and returns the result - a boolean value in the form of an Integer: negative one (-1) for true and zero (0) for false. The arguments are not modified in any way.

This operator can be overloaded to accept user-defined types as well.

Const size As Integer = 4
Dim array(size - 1) As Integer = { 1, 2, 3, 4 }

Dim index As Integer = 0
While (index < size)
   Print array(index)
   index += 1
Wend

Operator >= (Greater than or equal) is complement to Operator < (Less than), and is functionally identical when combined with Operator Not (Bit-wise Complement).

   If (69 < 420) Then Print "(69 < 420) is true."
   If Not (69 >= 420) Then Print "not (69 >= 420) is true."

• In the -lang qb dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.
  
  

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• Operator >= (Greater than or equal)