Greater than (>)

The greater than (>) operator returns true if its left operand is greater than its right operand. It accepts string, numeric, date, and Boolean operands.

number > number
string > string
Boolean > Boolean
date > date
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Example Formulas

2 > 1 /* Output: true */

42 > 50 /* Output: false */

"b" > "a" /* Output: true */

/* Boolean values equate to 1 (true) and 0 (false). */
true > false /* Output: true */

true > true /* Output: false */

/* For dates, "less than" equates to "before". */
now() > dateSubtract(now(), 1, "days") /* Output: true */
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Good to know: When comparing dates, “greater” = “later”.

Good to know: The greater than (>) operator cannot be chained in a Notion formula. A formula like 3 > 2 > 1 won’t work. Use the and operator to get around this – e.g. 3 > 2 and 2 > 1.

Example Database

This example database records the power levels of two fighters at different stages. The Stronger formula outputs a sentence stating who the stronger fighter is at that time.

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“Stronger” Property Formula

((prop("Goku") > prop("Vegeta")) ? "Goku is stronger" : "Vegeta is stronger") + " during " + prop("Saga") + "."
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

This formula uses the conditional operators ? and : to form an if-then statement. The output is then combined with strings and the output of the Saga property via the add (+) operator (which can concatenate strings).

Other formula components used in this example:

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