Relational Operators

 Relational Operators are used to compare values.

Gives

True

or

False

as the result of a comparison.

These are different relational operators

Operator	Name
>	Is greater than
<	Is less than
==	Is equal to
<=	Is less than or equal to
>=	Is greater than or equal to
!=	Is not equal to

Code

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print(5 < 10)

print(2 > 1)

PYTHON

Output

True

True

Possible Mistakes

Mistake - 1

Code

1

print(3 = 3)

PYTHON

Output

SyntaxError: expression cannot contain assignment, perhaps you meant "=="?

Mistake - 2

Code

1

print(2 < = 3)

PYTHON

Output

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Space between relational operators

==

,

>=

,

<=

,

!=

is not valid in Python.

Comparing Numbers

Code

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print(2 <= 3)

print(2.53 >= 2.55)

PYTHON

Output

True

False

Comparing Integers and Floats

Code

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print(12 == 12.0)

print(12 == 12.1)

PYTHON

Output

True

False

Comparing Strings

Code

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print("ABC" == "ABC")

print("CBA" != "ABC")

PYTHON

Output

True

True

Case Sensitive

Code

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print("ABC" == "abc")

PYTHON

Output

False

Python is case sensitive. It means

X

(Capital letter) and

x

(small letter) are not the same in Python.

Strings and Equality Operator

Code

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print(True == "True")

print(123 == "123")

print(1.1 == "1.1")

PYTHON

Output

False

False

False