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Python Python Basics Types and Branching Comparing values

Posted by Stephanie Mansoor
Stephanie Mansoor
270 Points

I don't understand why "python" > "chocolate" I thought that would be false because c comes first?

It was a question on the quiz I got incorrect

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,186 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,186 Points

You're right that "c comes first", that's why the comparison is true.

Just like a number that comes later in a sequence is greater than one that comes first, a word (like "python") that comes later in the alphabet is considered "greater than" one that comes first (like "chocolate").