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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Review Conditional Statements and Comparison Operators

Posted by Brandon Copeland
Brandon Copeland
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How is the string 'lion' not greater than the string 'zebra' being that L comes before Z?

In a recent video the string 'apple' was greater than the string 'bear' because A comes before B. What has changed here with this quiz scenario?

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Which video said 'apple' was greater than 'bear'? It should be less.

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Steven Snary
Steven Snary
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Steven Snary
Steven Snary
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'lion' > 'zebra'

Which reads lion great than zebra which would be false -> The reason is that strings are compared based on their ASCII codes - and the letters that come first in the alphabet have lower ASCII codes. If you do a quick search for ASCII code tables you can check it out.