Javascript higher & lower variable conditionals odd console output
<p>Here is some simple code that takes the id values of "<code>.somedivs</code>" and puts them into global variables to be sorted by the conditional statements, then to the console. Below you can see that I am getting some weird results and no matter what combination of conditionals I use I can't get it to work right. Seems so basic, I'm thinking I'm violating some law of js or i'm missing something obvious.</p>

<pre><code>  $(document).ready(function(){

    $('.somedivs').mousedown(function(){
      first = $(this).attr("id");
    }).mouseup(function(){
      second = $(this).attr("id");

      if(window.first &gt; window.second){
        var higher = window.first;
        var lower = window.second;
        var process = 1;
      }else if(window.second &gt; window.first){
        var higher = window.second;
        var lower = window.first;
        var process = 2;
      }else if(window.first === window.second){
        var higher = window.first;
        var lower = window.second;
        var process = 3;
      }


      if(higher &gt; lower){
        var status = true;
      }else{
        var status = false;
      }

      console.log("process = " + process + " // " + "window.first = "+window.first+" / window.second = "+window.second + " // higher = "+higher+" / lower = "+lower + " // status = "+ status  );


    });
</code></pre>

<p>Console output, as you can see most of the lines are returning true when they should be false, if you look at the numbers themselves. I marked some of the ones that are wrong with the arrow ">". <strong>Why is status true when it should be false?</strong></p>

<pre><code>process = 2 // window.first = 0 / window.second = 1 // higher = 1 / lower = 0 // status = true
process = 3 // window.first = 2 / window.second = 2 // higher = 2 / lower = 2 // status = false
process = 1 // window.first = 2 / window.second = 0 // higher = 2 / lower = 0 // status = true
&gt; process = 1 // window.first = 5 / window.second = 22 // higher = 5 / lower = 22 // status = true
process = 3 // window.first = 7 / window.second = 7 // higher = 7 / lower = 7 // status = false
process = 2 // window.first = 3 / window.second = 9 // higher = 9 / lower = 3 // status = true
process = 1 // window.first = 19 / window.second = 14 // higher = 19 / lower = 14 // status = true
&gt; process = 1 // window.first = 5 / window.second = 11 // higher = 5 / lower = 11 // status = true
process = 1 // window.first = 35 / window.second = 23 // higher = 35 / lower = 23 // status = true
process = 2 // window.first = 13 / window.second = 17 // higher = 17 / lower = 13 // status = true
process = 1 // window.first = 32 / window.second = 24 // higher = 32 / lower = 24 // status = true
process = 2 // window.first = 17 / window.second = 18 // higher = 18 / lower = 17 // status = true
process = 1 // window.first = 22 / window.second = 18 // higher = 22 / lower = 18 // status = true
&gt; process = 1 // window.first = 8 / window.second = 11 // higher = 8 / lower = 11 // status = true
process = 1 // window.first = 18 / window.second = 14 // higher = 18 / lower = 14 // status = true
process = 2 // window.first = 3 / window.second = 6 // higher = 6 / lower = 3 // status = true
process = 1 // window.first = 24 / window.second = 16 // higher = 24 / lower = 16 // status = true
process = 1 // window.first = 9 / window.second = 15 // higher = 9 / lower = 15 // status = true
process = 1 // window.first = 31 / window.second = 26 // higher = 31 / lower = 26 // status = true
process = 2 // window.first = 24 / window.second = 28 // higher = 28 / lower = 24 // status = true
process = 1 // window.first = 41 / window.second = 30 // higher = 41 / lower = 30 // status = true
process = 2 // window.first = 13 / window.second = 19 // higher = 19 / lower = 13 // status = true
</code></pre>
