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<td><nobr>Type:</nobr></td>
<td><nobr> - </nobr></td>
<td width="100%"><nobr>function (subr)</nobr></td>
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<td><nobr>Source:</nobr></td>
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<td width="100%"><nobr>xlmath.c</nobr></td>
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
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<dt><nobr>(< <i>expr1 expr2</i> ...)</nobr></dt>
<dd><i>exprN</i> - a numeric expression<br>
returns - <a href="t.htm"> T </a> if the results of
comparing the expressions are all true,
<a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> otherwise</dd>
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<h2>Description</h2>
<p>The <nobr>'<' [less-than]</nobr> function takes an arbitrary number
of numeric arguments. It checks to see if all the numbers are monotonically
increasing. <a href="t.htm"> T </a> is returned if
the arguments are numerically, and monotonically increasing,
<a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> is returned otherwise. In the case of
two arguments, this has the effect of testing if 'expr1' is less than
'expr2'.</p>
<h2>Examples</h2>
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(< 1 2) => T
(< 1 1) => NIL
(< -1.5 -1.4) => T
(< 1 2 3 4) => T
(< 1 2 3 2) => NIL
(< "a" "b") => <font color="#AA0000">error: bad argument type</font>
(setq a 12 b 13.99) => 13.99 <font color="#008844">; set up A and B with values</font>
(< a b) => T
(< b a) => NIL
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<p>See <a href="setq.htm">setq</a>.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
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<li><nobr>Contents → <a href="../manual/contents.htm#arithmetic-functions">Arithmetic Functions</a></nobr></li>
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