ee.Number.lt

  • The lt method compares two numbers and returns 1 if the first number (left) is less than the second number (right), otherwise it returns 0.

  • This method is accessible through the ee.Number object in both JavaScript and Python environments within Google Earth Engine.

  • The result of the comparison is a new ee.Number object representing either 1 (true) or 0 (false).

 Returns 1 if and only if the first value is less than the second.

UsageReturns
Number.lt(right)Number
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: leftNumberThe left-hand value.
rightNumberThe right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print('5 less than 10?', ee.Number(5).lt(ee.Number(10)));  // 1
print('10 less than 5?', ee.Number(10).lt(ee.Number(5)));  // 0

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 less than 10?', ee.Number(5).lt(ee.Number(10)).getInfo())  # 1
print('10 less than 5?', ee.Number(10).lt(ee.Number(5)).getInfo())  # 0