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gt: Wasm text instruction

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The gt instructions, short for greater than, check if a number is greater than another number. If the first number is greater than the second number equal 1 will be pushed on to the stack, otherwise 0 will be pushed on to the stack.

The integer types have separate greater than instructions for signed (gt_s) and unsigned (gt_u) numbers.

{{InteractiveExample("Wat Demo: gt", "tabbed-taller")}}

wat
(module
  (import "env" "log_bool" (func $log_bool (param i32)))
  (func $main
    ;; load `10` and `2` onto the stack
    i32.const 10
    i32.const 2

    i32.gt_u ;; check if `10` is greater than '2'
    call $log_bool ;; log the result
  )
  (start $main)
)
js
const url = "{%wasm-url%}";

function log_bool(value) {
  console.log(Boolean(value));
  // Expected output: true
}

await WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch(url), {
  env: { log_bool },
});

Syntax

wat
;; load 2 numbers on to the stack
local.get $num
i32.const 2

;; check if $num is greater than '2'
i32.gt_u

;; if $num is greater than the `2`, `1` will be pushed on to the stack,
;; otherwise `0` will be pushed on to the stack.
InstructionBinary opcode
i32.gt_s0x4a
i32.gt_u0x4b
i64.gt_s0x55
i64.gt_u0x56
f32.gt0x5e
f64.gt0x64