What is the <> operator in JavaScript?

Question

I just ran into JavaScript code which looks like this:

let b = 0;
let d = 1 <b> 2;
console.log(d)

So what does <b> mean?

Answer 1

There is no <> operator in JavaScript. let d = 1 <b> 2; is the same as:

let d = (1 < b) > 2;

Which is always false, because 1 < b is either true or false and true > 2 and false > 2 are both false.