# BLT

Elemental Intrinsic Function (Generic): Performs a bitwise less than on its arguments.

result = BLT (i,j)

i | (Input) Must be of type integer or a binary, octal, or hexadecimal literal constant.
j | (Input) Must be of type integer or a binary, octal, or hexadecimal literal constant.

If the kinds of i and j do not match, the value with the smaller kind is extended with zeros on the left and the larger kind is used for the operation and the result.

## Results

The result is true if the sequence of bits represented by i is less than the sequence of bits represented by j, according to the method of bit sequence comparison in Bit Sequence Comparisons; otherwise, the result is false.

The interpretation of a binary, octal, or hexadecimal literal constant as a sequence of bits is described in Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal, and Hollerith Constants.

The model for the interpretation of an integer value as a sequence of bits is shown in Model for Bit Data.

## Example

BLT (0, 2) has the value true. BLT (Z'FF', Z'FC') has the value false.

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