Baseline Widely available
The greater than or equal (>=
) operator returns true
if the left operand is greater than or equal to the right operand, and false
otherwise.
console.log(5 >= 3);
// Expected output: true
console.log(3 >= 3);
// Expected output: true
// Compare bigint to number
console.log(3n >= 5);
// Expected output: false
console.log("ab" >= "aa");
// Expected output: true
Syntax Description
The operands are compared using the same algorithm as the Less than operator, with the result negated. x >= y
is generally equivalent to !(x < y)
, except for two cases where x >= y
and x < y
are both false
:
BigInt()
).NaN
. (For example, strings that cannot be converted to numbers, or undefined
.)x >= y
is generally equivalent to x > y || x == y
, except for a few cases:
x
or y
is null
, and the other is something that's not null
and becomes 0 when coerced to numeric (including 0
, 0n
, false
, ""
, "0"
, new Date(0)
, etc.): x >= y
is true
, while x > y || x == y
is false
.x
or y
is undefined
, and the other is one of null
or undefined
: x >= y
is false
, while x == y
is true
.x
and y
are the same object that becomes NaN
after the first step of Less than (such as new Date(NaN)
): x >= y
is false
, while x == y
is true
.x
and y
are different objects that become the same value after the first step of Less than: x >= y
is true
, while x > y || x == y
is false
."a" >= "b"; // false
"a" >= "a"; // true
"a" >= "3"; // true
String to number comparison
"5" >= 3; // true
"3" >= 3; // true
"3" >= 5; // false
"hello" >= 5; // false
5 >= "hello"; // false
Number to Number comparison
5 >= 3; // true
3 >= 3; // true
3 >= 5; // false
Number to BigInt comparison
5n >= 3; // true
3 >= 3n; // true
3 >= 5n; // false
Comparing Boolean, null, undefined, NaN
true >= false; // true
true >= true; // true
false >= true; // false
true >= 0; // true
true >= 1; // true
null >= 0; // true
1 >= null; // true
undefined >= 3; // false
3 >= undefined; // false
3 >= NaN; // false
NaN >= 3; // false
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