LESSER

Purpose:

Determines the lesser of two scalars.

Syntax:

LESSER(val1, val2)

val1	-	A scalar, series, or table.
val2	-	A scalar, series, or table.

Returns:

A scalar, series, or table (containing the value 1 or 0) of the same type as the higher of the two expressions. 1: TRUE, 0: FALSE. Integer is the lowest type, Real is next, and Complex is the highest type. If one or both of the expressions is a series, then a series results. The following is a list of type conversion rules:

Integer	<	Real	yields Real
Integer	<	Series	yields Series
Integer	<	Integer	yields Integer
Real	<	Complex	yields Complex
Real	<	Series	yields Series
Complex	<	Real Series	yields Complex Series
String	<	String	yields String

Example:

lesser(4, max({2, 4, 6}))

returns a value of 1.

Example:

lesser(4, {2, 4, 6})

returns the series {0, 0, 1}.

Remarks:

LESSER(a, b) is equivalent to a < b.

String comparisons use STRCMP

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