Javascript equality triple equals but what about greater than and less than?

Question

I was explaining to a colleague that you should use === and !== (and >== and <== of course) when comparing variables in

Answer 1

I referenced Flanagan's JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (5th Ed.) and there does not seem to be non-coercive comparison operators.

You are right in saying the << and >> are indeed bitwise operators so that wouldn't work.

I would suggest you deliberately coerce the values youself:

var num_as_string = '4';
var num = +num_as_string;
if (5 > num) { ... }