Simplified Common Lisp reference

Symbol class: Mathematics, Arithmetics, Logic and Comparisons

Syntax:

Symbol type: function

>numbers^{(one or more)} => T or NIL

Argument description:

numbers

numeric values

> function compares numbers according to "greater than" predicate. Each (overlapping) pair of the numbers is compared by it. The result is true if all compared pairs satisfy comparison. Note that complex numbers cannot be compared.

(> 2 1) => T
(> 1 2) => NIL
(> 2.001 2) => T
(> 2 2) => NIL

(> 9876543210987654321 1234567890123456789) => T
(> 5 4 3 2 1) => T
(> 5 3 4 2 1) => NIL
(> 5 4 4 2 1) => NIL
(> 7/9 3/4) => T
(> 5) => T

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