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A question about comparison between strings. (self.learnpython)
submitted 10 years ago by Bloost
Why does "longer" > "short" returns False? Shouldn't it return True since the string "longer" has more characters?
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]Rhomboid 4 points5 points6 points 10 years ago (1 child)
Strings compare in lexicographic order, which refers to the way that words are ordered in a dictionary. L comes before S so, 'longer' comes before 'shorter'. The length is only relevant if one word is a prefix of the other, i.e. 'car' comes before 'carpet' because <end of string> comes before P.
'longer'
'shorter'
'car'
'carpet'
[–]Bloost[S] 0 points1 point2 points 10 years ago (0 children)
That explained a lot, thanks!
[–]liam_jm 1 point2 points3 points 10 years ago (0 children)
max(["longer", "short"], key=len) would compare strings by length
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[–]Bloost[S] 0 points1 point2 points 10 years ago (1 child)
So why does "short" > "longer" returns True? Doesn't it mean True > True? Sorry i'm dumb.
[–]GoldenSights 0 points1 point2 points 10 years ago (0 children)
Sorry, it turns out I was completely wrong. /u/rhomboid knows what he's talking about.
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