lt( )

Refines a search or filter to match documents whose specified field value is less than the specified value.

Description

The lt() function refines a WixSearchBuilder to only match documents where the value of the specified field is less than the specified value.

lt() only matches values of the same type. For example, a number value stored as a String type does not match the same number stored as a Number type.

If a field contains a number as a String, that value will be compared alphabetically and not numerically. Documents that do not have a value for the specified field are ranked lowest.

The following types of properties can be compared:

Number: Compares numerically.
Date: Compares JavaScript Date objects.
String: Compares lexicographically, so "Text" is less than "text".

If other filters were previously used in the same WixSearchBuilder instance, lt() is applied using an and condition with previously set filters.

Syntax

function lt(field: string, value: string | number | Date): WixSearchBuilder

lt Parameters

NAME

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

field

string

The field whose value will be compared with value.

value

string | number | Date

The value to match against.

Returns

A WixSearchBuilder object representing the refined search.

Return Type:

WixSearchBuilder

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Add a less than filter to a search

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1let newSearch = search
2  .documentType("Forum/Content")
3  .lt("viewCount", 50);

Create a search, add a less than filter, and run it

This example demonstrates how to search for forum content that was last updated before April 26, 2020.

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1import wixSearch from 'wix-search';
2
3// ...
4
5wixSearch.search()
6  .documentType("Forum/Content")
7  .lt("lastActivityDate", "2020-04-26T00:00:00.000Z")
8  .find()
9  .then( (results) => {
10    if(results.documents.length > 0) {
11      let documents = results.documents;
12    } else {
13      console.log("No matching results");
14    }
15  })
16  .catch( (error) => {
17    console.log(error);
18  });
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