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'''Supported platforms:''' [[File:Platform android.png]][[File:Platform ios.png]][[File:Platform mac.png]][[File:Platform pc.png]]<br/>
'''Available since:''' Gideros 2017.10<br/>

=== Description ===
Operators to return the larger or smaller of two values.

a'''<>'''b &emsp; compares 'a' and 'b', returns the larger of them.

a'''><'''b &emsp; compares 'a' and 'b', returns the smaller of them.

=== Examples ===
'''Simple larger examples'''
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
x=a<>b -- faster than x=math.max(a,b)
x=(x-1)<>5 -- decrement x, but don't go below 5
</syntaxhighlight>

'''Simple smaller examples'''
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
x=a><b -- faster than x=math.min(a,b)
x=(x+1)><15 -- increment x, but don't go above 15
</syntaxhighlight>

'''Make sure x is within bounds example'''
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
x=(x<>min)><max
</syntaxhighlight>

'''Always return the negative of a number'''
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
x=-x><x -- faster than -math.abs
</syntaxhighlight>

'''Always return the positive of a number'''
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
x=-x<>x -- faster than math.abs
</syntaxhighlight>

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