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Stdle #8 · 2026-06-08

What does this log?

A past puzzle — fully playable. 4 attempts, hints on wrong guesses.

1console.log(1 < 2 < 3, 3 > 2 > 1)

Coercion

Your guess · console output

4 attempts left

Answer & explanation

Console output

true false

Why

These are not chained mathematical comparisons; they evaluate left to right. 1 < 2 is true, then true < 3 coerces true to 1, and 1 < 3 is true. For the second: 3 > 2 is true, then true > 1 coerces true to 1, and 1 > 1 is false. The two expressions look symmetric but produce different results.

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