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Lerena Holloway
9,855 Points>>> "python" > "chocolate" this would print out as True, but I don't understand how alphabetically works
in the syntax
"python" > "chocolate"
this would print out as True, but I don't understand how alphabetically this works. I'm confused by the terminology.
3 Answers
Elias Flores
905 PointsI had this question too and after some research, this is what I've found:
Python is comparing the ASCII decimal(Dec) value of the first characters ("p" and "c" respectively) of the string. You can look at the table of the ASCII characters here: https://www.asciitable.com/
"p" has a Dec value of 112 while "c" has a Dec value of 99, and as you can guest 112 > 99 returns True
Lerena Holloway
9,855 PointsAhhh ok, that makes more sense . Thank so much!!!
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherP comes after C in the alphabet...picture the letters laid out left to right in order.