# lt (less than — string specific)

#### Availability

Flash Player 4. This operator has been deprecated in Flash 5 in favor of the new < (less than) operator.

#### Usage

    expression1 lt expression2

#### Parameters

`expression1`, `expression2` Numbers, strings, or variables.

#### Description

Operator (comparison); compares `expression1` to `expression2` and returns `true` if `expression1` is less than `expression2`; otherwise, it returns `false`.

#### See also

`< (less than)`