4. Making Comparisons
There are six possible comparisons that can be made in Python:
== equal > greater than < smaller than != not equal >= greater than or equal to <= smaller than or equal toFor example, we can make comparisons in Python between two numbers:
1==1
>> True
5<0
>> False
In the above, by inputting
1==1 is same as asking Python this question: Is 1 equal to 1”? (The answer is yes.) The result of these comparison is a data type called Boolean, which has only two possible values: True or False.Note that
== and = are not the same.
== is used for comparison, while = is used for assigning a value to a variable.X = 4 #this is assigning the value 4 to variable X
X == 4 #this is asking Python to compare if variable X is equal to 4
You can also compare if two strings are equal in Python.
"a"=="A"
>> False
We can also ask Python to find out if a string is contained within a string using the “in” comparison operator.
"H" in "Hello"
>> True
"h" in "Hello"
>> False
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