Why does “one” < 2 equal FALSE in R?

Question

I\'m reading Hadley Wickham\'s Advanced R section on coercion, and I can\'t understand the result of this comparison:

\"one\" < 2
# [1] FALSE

Answer 1

It coerces 2 into a character, then it does an alphabetical comparison. And numeric characters are assumed to come before alphabetical ones

to get a general idea on the behavior try

'a'<'1'
'1'<'.'
'b'<'B'
'a'<'B'
'A'<'B'
'C'<'B'