Issue with Control.Attributes Property when adding Javascript

Sorry to bother everyone with this question, but the answer to this the
question is difficult to search for. I want to add javascript to an
HtmlInputButton control attribute. A portion of the javascript goes
something like this:

if( x < y && x != y )
{
// do something
}

It is rendered as follows:

if( x &lt; y &amp;&amp; x != y )
{
// do something
}

How do I preserve the literal "<" and "&"?

Thanks a lot!

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