When the less than $(<)$ operator is used between two pointer variables, the expression is testing whether$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

Group of answer choices

the first variable was declared before the second variable

the value pointed to by the first is greater than the value pointed to by the second

the value pointed to by the first is less than the value pointed to by the second

the address of the first variable comes before the address of the second variable in the computer's memory