---
title: "Comparison"
description: "Comparing Ordered Values"
weight: 4
domains:
  - "comparison"
keywords:
  - "Greater"
  - "Greaterf"
  - "GreaterOrEqual"
  - "GreaterOrEqualf"
  - "GreaterOrEqualT"
  - "GreaterOrEqualTf"
  - "GreaterT"
  - "GreaterTf"
  - "Less"
  - "Lessf"
  - "LessOrEqual"
  - "LessOrEqualf"
  - "LessOrEqualT"
  - "LessOrEqualTf"
  - "LessT"
  - "LessTf"
  - "Negative"
  - "Negativef"
  - "NegativeT"
  - "NegativeTf"
  - "Positive"
  - "Positivef"
  - "PositiveT"
  - "PositiveTf"
---

Comparing Ordered Values

## Assertions

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_All links point to <https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2>_

This domain exposes 12 functionalities.
Generic assertions are marked with a {{% icon icon="star" color=orange %}}.
Their method variants carry a {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} badge: methods take type
parameters only from go1.27 onwards, so on an older toolchain a generic assertion is available as a
package-level function alone.

```tree
- [Greater](#greater) | angles-right
- [GreaterOrEqual](#greaterorequal) | angles-right
- [GreaterOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered]](#greaterorequaltorderable-ordered) | star | orange
- [GreaterT[Orderable Ordered]](#greatertorderable-ordered) | star | orange
- [Less](#less) | angles-right
- [LessOrEqual](#lessorequal) | angles-right
- [LessOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered]](#lessorequaltorderable-ordered) | star | orange
- [LessT[Orderable Ordered]](#lesstorderable-ordered) | star | orange
- [Negative](#negative) | angles-right
- [NegativeT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric]](#negativetsignednumber-signednumeric) | star | orange
- [Positive](#positive) | angles-right
- [PositiveT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric]](#positivetsignednumber-signednumeric) | star | orange
```

### Greater{#greater}
Greater asserts that the first element is strictly greater than the second.

Both elements must be of the same type in the [reflect.Kind](https://pkg.go.dev/reflect#Kind) sense.
To compare values that need a type conversion (e.g. float32 against float64), you need to convert types beforehand.

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```go
	assertions.Greater(t, 2, 1)
	assertions.Greater(t, float64(2), float64(1))
	assertions.Greater(t, "b", "a")
	success: 2, 1
	failure: 1, 2
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestGreater(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestGreater(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.Greater(t, 2, 1)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestGreater(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestGreater(t *testing.T)
	require.Greater(t, 2, 1)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.Greater(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Greater) | package-level function |
| [`assert.Greaterf(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Greaterf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).Greater(e1 any, e2 any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.Greater) | method variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).Greaterf(e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.Greaterf) | method formatted variant |
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{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.Greater(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Greater) | package-level function |
| [`require.Greaterf(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Greaterf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).Greater(e1 any, e2 any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.Greater) | method variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).Greaterf(e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.Greaterf) | method formatted variant |
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| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.Greater(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#Greater) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#Greater](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L30)
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### GreaterOrEqual{#greaterorequal}
GreaterOrEqual asserts that the first element is greater than or equal to the second.

See also [Greater](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Greater).

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{{% tab title="Usage" %}}
```go
	assertions.GreaterOrEqual(t, 2, 1)
	assertions.GreaterOrEqual(t, 2, 2)
	assertions.GreaterOrEqual(t, "b", "a")
	assertions.GreaterOrEqual(t, "b", "b")
	success: 2, 1
	failure: 1, 2
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestGreaterOrEqual(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestGreaterOrEqual(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, 2, 1)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestGreaterOrEqual(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestGreaterOrEqual(t *testing.T)
	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, 2, 1)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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{{% tab title="assert" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.GreaterOrEqual(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterOrEqual) | package-level function |
| [`assert.GreaterOrEqualf(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterOrEqualf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).GreaterOrEqual(e1 any, e2 any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.GreaterOrEqual) | method variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).GreaterOrEqualf(e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.GreaterOrEqualf) | method formatted variant |
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{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.GreaterOrEqual(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#GreaterOrEqual) | package-level function |
| [`require.GreaterOrEqualf(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#GreaterOrEqualf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).GreaterOrEqual(e1 any, e2 any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.GreaterOrEqual) | method variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).GreaterOrEqualf(e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.GreaterOrEqualf) | method formatted variant |
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| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.GreaterOrEqual(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#GreaterOrEqual) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#GreaterOrEqual](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L93)
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### GreaterOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered] {{% icon icon="star" color=orange %}}{#greaterorequaltorderable-ordered}
GreaterOrEqualT asserts that for two elements of the same type,
the first element is greater than or equal to the second.

The [Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Ordered) type can be any of Go's [cmp.Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/cmp#Ordered) (strings, numeric types),
[]byte (uses [bytes.Compare](https://pkg.go.dev/bytes#Compare)) and [time.Time](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time) (uses [time.Time.Compare](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time.Compare).

Notice that pointers are not [Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Ordered), but uintptr are. So you can't call [GreaterOrEqualT](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterOrEqualT) with [*time.Time].

[GreaterOrEqualT](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterOrEqualT) ensures type safety at build time. If you need to compare values with a dynamically assigned type,
use [GreaterOrEqual](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterOrEqual) instead.

To compare values that need a type conversion (e.g. float32 against float64), you need to convert types beforehand.

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{{< tabs >}}
{{% tab title="Usage" %}}
```go
	assertions.GreaterOrEqualT(t, 2, 1)
	assertions.GreaterOrEqualT(t, 2, 2)
	assertions.GreaterOrEqualT(t, "b", "a")
	assertions.GreaterOrEqualT(t, "b", "b")
	success: 2, 1
	failure: 1, 2
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestGreaterOrEqualT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestGreaterOrEqualT(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.GreaterOrEqualT(t, 2, 1)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestGreaterOrEqualT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestGreaterOrEqualT(t *testing.T)
	require.GreaterOrEqualT(t, 2, 1)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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{{% tab title="assert" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.GreaterOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterOrEqualT) | package-level function |
| [`assert.GreaterOrEqualTf[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterOrEqualTf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).GreaterOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.GreaterOrEqualT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).GreaterOrEqualTf[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.GreaterOrEqualTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
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{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.GreaterOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#GreaterOrEqualT) | package-level function |
| [`require.GreaterOrEqualTf[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#GreaterOrEqualTf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).GreaterOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.GreaterOrEqualT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`require.(*Assertions).GreaterOrEqualTf[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.GreaterOrEqualTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
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{{% tab title="internal" style="accent" icon="wrench" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.GreaterOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#GreaterOrEqualT) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#GreaterOrEqualT](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L127)
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### GreaterT[Orderable Ordered] {{% icon icon="star" color=orange %}}{#greatertorderable-ordered}
GreaterT asserts that for two elements of the same type,
the first element is strictly greater than the second.

The [Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Ordered) type can be any of Go's [cmp.Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/cmp#Ordered) (strings, numeric types),
[]byte (uses [bytes.Compare](https://pkg.go.dev/bytes#Compare)) and [time.Time](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time) (uses [time.Time.Compare](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time.Compare).

Notice that pointers are not [Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Ordered), but uintptr are. So you can't call [GreaterT](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterT) with [*time.Time].

[GreaterT](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterT) ensures type safety at build time. If you need to compare values with a dynamically assigned type, use [Greater](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Greater) instead.

To compare values that need a type conversion (e.g. float32 against float64), you need to convert types beforehand.

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{{< tabs >}}
{{% tab title="Usage" %}}
```go
	assertions.GreaterT(t, 2, 1)
	assertions.GreaterT(t, float64(2), float64(1))
	assertions.GreaterT(t, "b", "a")
	assertions.GreaterT(t, time.Date(2026,1,1,0,0,0,0,nil), time.Now())
	success: 2, 1
	failure: 1, 2
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestGreaterT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestGreaterT(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.GreaterT(t, 2, 1)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestGreaterT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestGreaterT(t *testing.T)
	require.GreaterT(t, 2, 1)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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{{% tab title="assert" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.GreaterT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterT) | package-level function |
| [`assert.GreaterTf[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#GreaterTf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).GreaterT[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.GreaterT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).GreaterTf[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.GreaterTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
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| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.GreaterT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#GreaterT) | package-level function |
| [`require.GreaterTf[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#GreaterTf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).GreaterT[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.GreaterT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`require.(*Assertions).GreaterTf[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.GreaterTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
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| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.GreaterT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#GreaterT) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#GreaterT](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L63)
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### Less{#less}
Less asserts that the first element is strictly less than the second.

Both elements must be of the same type in the [reflect.Kind](https://pkg.go.dev/reflect#Kind) sense.
To compare values that need a type conversion (e.g. float32 against float64), you need to convert types beforehand.

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{{% tab title="Usage" %}}
```go
	assertions.Less(t, 1, 2)
	assertions.Less(t, float64(1), float64(2))
	assertions.Less(t, "a", "b")
	success: 1, 2
	failure: 2, 1
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestLess(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestLess(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.Less(t, 1, 2)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestLess(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestLess(t *testing.T)
	require.Less(t, 1, 2)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.Less(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Less) | package-level function |
| [`assert.Lessf(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Lessf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).Less(e1 any, e2 any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.Less) | method variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).Lessf(e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.Lessf) | method formatted variant |
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{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.Less(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Less) | package-level function |
| [`require.Lessf(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Lessf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).Less(e1 any, e2 any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.Less) | method variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).Lessf(e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.Lessf) | method formatted variant |
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{{% tab title="internal" style="accent" icon="wrench" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.Less(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#Less) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#Less](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L157)
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### LessOrEqual{#lessorequal}
LessOrEqual asserts that the first element is less than or equal to the second.

{{% expand title="Examples" %}}
{{< tabs >}}
{{% tab title="Usage" %}}
```go
	assertions.LessOrEqual(t, 1, 2)
	assertions.LessOrEqual(t, 2, 2)
	assertions.LessOrEqual(t, "a", "b")
	assertions.LessOrEqual(t, "b", "b")
	success: 1, 2
	failure: 2, 1
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestLessOrEqual(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestLessOrEqual(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.LessOrEqual(t, 1, 2)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestLessOrEqual(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestLessOrEqual(t *testing.T)
	require.LessOrEqual(t, 1, 2)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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{{< tabs >}}
  
{{% tab title="assert" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.LessOrEqual(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessOrEqual) | package-level function |
| [`assert.LessOrEqualf(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessOrEqualf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).LessOrEqual(e1 any, e2 any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.LessOrEqual) | method variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).LessOrEqualf(e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.LessOrEqualf) | method formatted variant |
{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.LessOrEqual(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#LessOrEqual) | package-level function |
| [`require.LessOrEqualf(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#LessOrEqualf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).LessOrEqual(e1 any, e2 any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.LessOrEqual) | method variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).LessOrEqualf(e1 any, e2 any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.LessOrEqualf) | method formatted variant |
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{{% tab title="internal" style="accent" icon="wrench" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.LessOrEqual(t T, e1 any, e2 any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#LessOrEqual) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#LessOrEqual](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L215)
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### LessOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered] {{% icon icon="star" color=orange %}}{#lessorequaltorderable-ordered}
LessOrEqualT asserts that for two elements of the same type, the first element is less than or equal to the second.

The [Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Ordered) type can be any of Go's [cmp.Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/cmp#Ordered) (strings, numeric types),
[]byte (uses [bytes.Compare](https://pkg.go.dev/bytes#Compare)) and [time.Time](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time) (uses [time.Time.Compare](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time.Compare).

Notice that pointers are not [Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Ordered), but uintptr are. So you can't call [LessOrEqualT](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessOrEqualT) with [*time.Time].

[LessOrEqualT](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessOrEqualT) ensures type safety at build time. If you need to compare values with a dynamically assigned type,
use [LessOrEqual](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessOrEqual) instead.

To compare values that need a type conversion (e.g. float32 against float64), you should use [LessOrEqual](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessOrEqual) instead.

{{% expand title="Examples" %}}
{{< tabs >}}
{{% tab title="Usage" %}}
```go
	assertions.LessOrEqualT(t, 1, 2)
	assertions.LessOrEqualT(t, 2, 2)
	assertions.LessOrEqualT(t, "a", "b")
	assertions.LessOrEqualT(t, "b", "b")
	success: 1, 2
	failure: 2, 1
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestLessOrEqualT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestLessOrEqualT(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.LessOrEqualT(t, 1, 2)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestLessOrEqualT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestLessOrEqualT(t *testing.T)
	require.LessOrEqualT(t, 1, 2)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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{{% tab title="assert" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.LessOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessOrEqualT) | package-level function |
| [`assert.LessOrEqualTf[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessOrEqualTf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).LessOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.LessOrEqualT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).LessOrEqualTf[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.LessOrEqualTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.LessOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#LessOrEqualT) | package-level function |
| [`require.LessOrEqualTf[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#LessOrEqualTf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).LessOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.LessOrEqualT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`require.(*Assertions).LessOrEqualTf[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.LessOrEqualTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
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{{% tab title="internal" style="accent" icon="wrench" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.LessOrEqualT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#LessOrEqualT) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#LessOrEqualT](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L247)
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### LessT[Orderable Ordered] {{% icon icon="star" color=orange %}}{#lesstorderable-ordered}
LessT asserts that for two elements of the same type, the first element is strictly less than the second.

The [Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Ordered) type can be any of Go's [cmp.Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/cmp#Ordered) (strings, numeric types),
[]byte (uses [bytes.Compare](https://pkg.go.dev/bytes#Compare)) and [time.Time](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time) (uses [time.Time.Compare](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time.Compare).

Notice that pointers are not [Ordered](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Ordered), but uintptr are. So you can't call [LessT](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessT) with [*time.Time].

[LessT](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessT) ensures type safety at build time. If you need to compare values with a dynamically assigned type,
use [Less](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Less) instead.

To compare values that need a type conversion (e.g. float32 against float64), you need to convert types beforehand.

{{% expand title="Examples" %}}
{{< tabs >}}
{{% tab title="Usage" %}}
```go
	assertions.LessT(t, 1, 2)
	assertions.LessT(t, float64(1), float64(2))
	assertions.LessT(t, "a", "b")
	success: 1, 2
	failure: 2, 1
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestLessT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestLessT(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.LessT(t, 1, 2)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestLessT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestLessT(t *testing.T)
	require.LessT(t, 1, 2)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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{{< /tabs >}}
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{{< tabs >}}
  
{{% tab title="assert" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.LessT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessT) | package-level function |
| [`assert.LessTf[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#LessTf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).LessT[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.LessT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).LessTf[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.LessTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.LessT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#LessT) | package-level function |
| [`require.LessTf[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#LessTf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).LessT[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.LessT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`require.(*Assertions).LessTf[Orderable Ordered](e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.LessTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
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{{% tab title="internal" style="accent" icon="wrench" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.LessT[Orderable Ordered](t T, e1 Orderable, e2 Orderable, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#LessT) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#LessT](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L188)
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### Negative{#negative}
Negative asserts that the specified element is strictly negative.

{{% expand title="Examples" %}}
{{< tabs >}}
{{% tab title="Usage" %}}
```go
	assertions.Negative(t, -1)
	assertions.Negative(t, -1.23)
	success: -1
	failure: 1
```
{{< /tab >}}
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestNegative(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestNegative(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.Negative(t, -1)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestNegative(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestNegative(t *testing.T)
	require.Negative(t, -1)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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{{< /tabs >}}
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{{< tabs >}}
  
{{% tab title="assert" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.Negative(t T, e any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Negative) | package-level function |
| [`assert.Negativef(t T, e any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Negativef) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).Negative(e any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.Negative) | method variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).Negativef(e any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.Negativef) | method formatted variant |
{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.Negative(t T, e any, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Negative) | package-level function |
| [`require.Negativef(t T, e any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Negativef) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).Negative(e any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.Negative) | method variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).Negativef(e any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.Negativef) | method formatted variant |
{{% /tab %}}

{{% tab title="internal" style="accent" icon="wrench" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.Negative(t T, e any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#Negative) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#Negative](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L324)
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### NegativeT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric] {{% icon icon="star" color=orange %}}{#negativetsignednumber-signednumeric}
NegativeT asserts that the specified element of a signed numeric type is strictly negative.

{{% expand title="Examples" %}}
{{< tabs >}}
{{% tab title="Usage" %}}
```go
	assertions.NegativeT(t, -1)
	assertions.NegativeT(t, -1.23)
	success: -1
	failure: 1
```
{{< /tab >}}
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestNegativeT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestNegativeT(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.NegativeT(t, -1)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestNegativeT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestNegativeT(t *testing.T)
	require.NegativeT(t, -1)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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{{% tab title="assert" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.NegativeT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#NegativeT) | package-level function |
| [`assert.NegativeTf[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#NegativeTf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).NegativeT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](e SignedNumber) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.NegativeT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).NegativeTf[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](e SignedNumber, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.NegativeTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.NegativeT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#NegativeT) | package-level function |
| [`require.NegativeTf[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#NegativeTf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).NegativeT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](e SignedNumber)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.NegativeT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`require.(*Assertions).NegativeTf[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](e SignedNumber, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.NegativeTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
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| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.NegativeT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#NegativeT) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#NegativeT](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L349)
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### Positive{#positive}
Positive asserts that the specified element is strictly positive.

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```go
	assertions.Positive(t, 1)
	assertions.Positive(t, 1.23)
	success: 1
	failure: -1
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestPositive(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestPositive(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.Positive(t, 1)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestPositive(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestPositive(t *testing.T)
	require.Positive(t, 1)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.Positive(t T, e any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Positive) | package-level function |
| [`assert.Positivef(t T, e any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Positivef) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).Positive(e any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.Positive) | method variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).Positivef(e any, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.Positivef) | method formatted variant |
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{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.Positive(t T, e any, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Positive) | package-level function |
| [`require.Positivef(t T, e any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Positivef) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).Positive(e any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.Positive) | method variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).Positivef(e any, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.Positivef) | method formatted variant |
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{{% tab title="internal" style="accent" icon="wrench" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.Positive(t T, e any, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#Positive) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#Positive](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L272)
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### PositiveT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric] {{% icon icon="star" color=orange %}}{#positivetsignednumber-signednumeric}
PositiveT asserts that the specified element of a signed numeric type is strictly positive.

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```go
	assertions.PositiveT(t, 1)
	assertions.PositiveT(t, 1.23)
	success: 1
	failure: -1
```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestPositiveT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestPositiveT(t *testing.T)
	success := assert.PositiveT(t, 1)
	fmt.Printf("success: %t\n", success)

}

```
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*[Copy and click to open Go Playground](https://go.dev/play/)*


```go
// real-world test would inject *testing.T from TestPositiveT(t *testing.T)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"

	"github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require"
)

func main() {
	t := new(testing.T) // should come from testing, e.g. func TestPositiveT(t *testing.T)
	require.PositiveT(t, 1)
	fmt.Println("passed")

}

```
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{{% tab title="assert" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assert.PositiveT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#PositiveT) | package-level function |
| [`assert.PositiveTf[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#PositiveTf) | formatted variant |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).PositiveT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](e SignedNumber) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.PositiveT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`assert.(*Assertions).PositiveTf[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](e SignedNumber, msg string, args ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/assert#Assertions.PositiveTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
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{{% tab title="require" style="secondary" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`require.PositiveT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msgAndArgs ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#PositiveT) | package-level function |
| [`require.PositiveTf[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#PositiveTf) | formatted variant |
| [`require.(*Assertions).PositiveT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](e SignedNumber)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.PositiveT) | method variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
| [`require.(*Assertions).PositiveTf[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](e SignedNumber, msg string, args ...any)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/require#Assertions.PositiveTf) | method formatted variant {{% goversion "go1.27" %}} |
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{{% tab title="internal" style="accent" icon="wrench" %}}
| Signature | Usage |
|--|--|
| [`assertions.PositiveT[SignedNumber SignedNumeric](t T, e SignedNumber, msgAndArgs ...any) bool`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#PositiveT) | internal implementation |

**Source:** [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/assertions#PositiveT](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/blob/master/internal/assertions/compare.go#L298)
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