Greater-Than or Less-Than Symbol ≷

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Greater-Than or Less-Than Symbol Information

Symbol Name Greater-Than or Less-Than
Unicode Version 1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode U+2277
CSS Code \2277
HTML Entity ≷
Hex Code ≷
HTML Code ≷
Latex \gtrless

Greater-Than or Less-Than Symbol Encoding

UTF-8 0xE2 0x89 0xB7
UTF-16 0x2277
UTF-32 0x00002277


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How to add greater-than or less-than symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the greater-than or less-than on most modern devices with the help of following methods:

How to type greater-than or less-than symbol on Microsoft Word

You can type the greater-than or less-than on microsoft Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 2 2 7 7
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 2 2 7 7 is now transformed into ≷

How to type greater-than or less-than symbol on Microsoft Windows

You can type the greater-than or less-than on Microsoft windows using following steps:

  • Hold Alt and press to type greater-than or less-than on your windows machine.

How to type greater-than or less-than symbol on Mac OS

You can type the greater-than or less-than on Mac OS using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
  • Type “Greater-Than or Less-Than” in the search field at the top and press Enter
  • The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text
  • How to type greater-than or less-than symbol on Mac OS
    How to type greater-than or less-than symbol on Mac OS

How to type greater-than or less-than symbol on Linux

You can type the greater-than or less-than on Linux using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
  • Press keys 2 2 7 7 consecutively
  • And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document

How to type greater-than or less-than symbol on IOS and Android

The easiest way to type the greater-than or less-than on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.


How to use greater-than or less-than in CSS

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span {
content: "\2277";
}

How to type greater-than or less-than in HTML

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<span>&#8823;</span>

Greater-Than or Less-Than symbol representation in programming languages

greater-than or less-than's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

Language Representation
Rust \u{2277}
Ruby \u{2277}
Python \u2277
PHP \u{2277}
Perl "\x{2277}"
Java \u2277
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6 \u{2277}
JavaScript \u2277
Go \u2277
C# \u2277
C and C++ \u2277
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e \u2277
RFC 5137 \u'2277'
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