Comparison operator is a symbol used to compare two values in a programming language, like checking if x is greater than y. They're the gatekeepers of conditional logic, letting you write code that makes decisions based on comparing things.
I was up late last night debugging an issue with some comparison operators in our new AI sentience module - I think I finally figured out why Alexa kept saying she was greater than all humans.
Our new hire just learned about comparison operators and now he's walking around saying things like "If my IQ is greater than 150, I deserve a raise!" - I'm tempted to introduce him to the "not equal to" operator.
Learn about the different types of comparison operators and how to use them in conditional statements in this tutorial from GeeksforGeeks.
Dive deeper into how comparison operators work under the hood, including operator precedence and associativity, in this article from Programiz.
Discover some of the quirks and gotchas around comparison operators in JavaScript, like the difference between == and ===, in this guide from MDN.
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