---
id: 5679ceb97cbaa8c51670a16b
title: Returning Boolean Values from Functions
challengeType: 1
---
## Description
You may recall from Comparison with the Equality Operator that all comparison operators return a boolean true or false value.
Sometimes people use an if/else statement to do a comparison, like this:
function isEqual(a,b) {
if (a === b) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
But there's a better way to do this. Since === returns true or false, we can return the result of the comparison:
function isEqual(a,b) {
return a === b;
}
## Instructions
Fix the function isLess to remove the if/else statements.
## Tests
```yml
tests:
- text: isLess(10,15) should return true
testString: assert(isLess(10,15) === true, 'isLess(10,15) should return true');
- text: isLess(15,10) should return false
testString: assert(isLess(15, 10) === false, 'isLess(15,10) should return false');
- text: You should not use any if or else statements
testString: assert(!/if|else/g.test(code), 'You should not use any if or else statements');
```
## Challenge Seed
```js
function isLess(a, b) {
// Fix this code
if (a < b) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
// Change these values to test
isLess(10, 15);
```
## Solution
```js
function isLess(a, b) {
return a < b;
}
```