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Returns 1 if and only if the first value is greater than the second.
| Usage | Returns | Number.gt(right) | Number |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: left | Number | The left-hand value. |
right | Number | The right-hand value. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print('5 greater than 10?', ee.Number(5).gt(ee.Number(10))); // 0
print('10 greater than 5?', ee.Number(10).gt(ee.Number(5))); // 1
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print('5 greater than 10?', ee.Number(5).gt(ee.Number(10)).getInfo()) # 0
print('10 greater than 5?', ee.Number(10).gt(ee.Number(5)).getInfo()) # 1
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Last updated 2023-12-06 UTC.
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