Why is 'a'>'b' = False and 'a'>'A' = True in python?
anybody with a clear explanation of this.
I tried searching up, but couldn't really find an appropriate clear explanation.
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martineau
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3What are the values of `a`, `b`, and `A`? – Alexanderbira Jul 20 '20 at 17:27
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The letter frmo the alphabet or variable that you set ? – azro Jul 20 '20 at 17:28
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2I think OP means strings – Nicolas Gervais Jul 20 '20 at 17:28
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1Maybe this helps: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4806911/string-comparison-technique-used-by-python – Alexanderbira Jul 20 '20 at 17:30
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In the ASCII character set, capital letters come first. So `'A'` has a lower character number than `'a'`. And obviously `'b'` comes after `'a'`. – John Gordon Jul 20 '20 at 17:32
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You mean:
'a' > 'b'
Out[3]: False
'a'>'A'
Out[4]: True
As this is based on the ascii values of 'a' = 97 and 'A' = 65. You can find the ascii values using ord() function.
ord('a')
Out[7]: 97
ord('b')
Out[8]: 98
ord('A')
Out[9]: 65
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Take a look at the ASCII table and notice that uppercase letters are in the range 65-90 and lowercase letters are in the range 97-122. That's the default coding used for Python.
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You should learn about ASCII values. Click here to learn about ASCII value
Some char and their ASCII value is given below:
'a': 97
'b': 98
'A': 65
'B': 66.
so, when you are doing 'a'>'b' it means 97>98 which is False.
Similarly, when you are doing 'a'>'A' it means 97>65 which is True.
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