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ee.Number.lt
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Returns 1 if and only if the first value is less than the second.
| Usage | Returns | Number.lt(right) | Number |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: left | Number | The left-hand value. |
right | Number | The right-hand value. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print('5 less than 10?', ee.Number(5).lt(ee.Number(10))); // 1
print('10 less than 5?', ee.Number(10).lt(ee.Number(5))); // 0
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print('5 less than 10?', ee.Number(5).lt(ee.Number(10)).getInfo()) # 1
print('10 less than 5?', ee.Number(10).lt(ee.Number(5)).getInfo()) # 0
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Last updated 2023-12-06 UTC.
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