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<              Less than -- binary                        (Relational)


Syntax:        <exp1> < <exp2>

Type:          All

Operands:      <exp1> and <exp2> are expressions of the same
               type to be compared.

Description:   The < (less than) is a binary operator that compares two
               values of the same data type and returns true (.T.) if
               <expC1> is less than <expC2>.

               Character: The comparison is based on the underlying
               ASCII code.  Remember that ASCII codes for alphabetic
               characters are ascending, i.e. the code for "A" is 65 and
               the code for "Z" is 90.

               Date: Dates are compared according to the underlying
               date value.

               Logical: False (.F.) is always less than true (.T.).

               Memo: Treated the same as character.

               Numeric: Compared based on magnitude.


----------------------------------- Examples -------------------------------

   * Character.
   ? "Z"  < "A"                         && Result: .F.
   ? "ZA" < "A"                         && Result: .F.
   ? "Z"  < "AZ"                        && Result: .F.

   * Date.
   ? CTOD("12/12/88") <;
      CTOD("12/11/88")                  && Result: .F.

   * Logical.
   ? .F. < .T.                          && Result: .T.

   * Numeric.
   ? 2 < 1                              && Result: .F.
   ? 1 < 2                              && Result: .T.