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ee.Number.gt

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The Number.gt function returns 1 if the first number is greater than the second, and 0 otherwise.
It is used with two number arguments, left and right , representing the values being compared.
Examples demonstrate its usage in both JavaScript and Python, showing results for cases where the first value is both less than and greater than the second.

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)

 display 
 ( 
 '5 greater than 10?' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ) 
 . 
 gt 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ))) 
 # 0 
 display 
 ( 
 '10 greater than 5?' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ) 
 . 
 gt 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ))) 
 # 1

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Number.gt