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  1. 12-01-2010, 10:58 PM #1
    mancsta
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    Default Newbie Question using the less than < operator

    Solved.
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    In English "foo is 5 less than bar" can mean two different things:

    foo == bar - 5

    or

    foo < bar - 5

    Either of these two work as expressions in Java. They are boolean expressions: that is they have the value "true" or "false". The 5 in "5 less than" is interpreted as subtraction ie as part of an arithmetic expression.

    Say if this doesn't make sense.
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