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Python Python Basics Types and Branching Comparing values

Robert Rydlewski
Robert Rydlewski
3,828 Points
Posted by Robert Rydlewski
Robert Rydlewski
3,828 Points

Can someone explain me logic behind it ??

How the logic works here ? Does it account only first letter of the string ?? So for example letter A have more points then letter B etc.. ??

I forget how this work. So for example abc > abd. ??? how this works ?

2 Answers

frankgenova
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frankgenova
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Python will sort strings alphabetically in ascending order. Capital letters come before lower case letters. The way to represent this logic is that a string that sorts before another string is less than or lower than the subsequent string. Imagine that the letters have values that correspond to their alphabetical order (with a set of Capital letters followed by lower case letters. This would start with A=1, B=2 ... Z=26 and then continue with a=27, b=28 ... z=52. In this way A<a and Z<a and b>a and b>Z.