JS Challenge Question - Help Needed Please

Question

I am having trouble making sense of this JavaScript challenge question’s answer:

var a = 10, b = 20, c = 30;
If (c > b > a) {
console.log(‘1’);
} else {
console.log(‘2’);
}

Why is the answer not 1?

I searched the discussions and couldn’t find anything referencing this question. Thanks for any help anyone can give me!

Answer 1

When you do

c > b > a

The expression is evaluated as

(c > b) > a

and is reduced to

true > a

The boolean value 'true' is casted to 1 thanks to JS's dynamic type system.

1 > a

which is then evaluated as false.

2 is printed.

Instead, try doing

if (c > b && b > a)

Answer 2

Hatsy Rei thanks for the answer! that definitely broke it down to simpler terms and I get it now!