Task_10_comparison_operators.md

Task 10 - Comparison operators

Comparison operators let you ask questions about values. They return either True or False.

Operator	Meaning	Example result
<	less than	6 < 2 ➜ False
<=	less than or equal	6 <= 6 ➜ True
>	greater than	6 > 2 ➜ True
>=	greater than or equal	6 >= 8 ➜ False
==	equal	6 == 6 ➜ True
!=	not equal	6 != 6 ➜ False

Strings compare by Unicode code points, letter by letter:

print("Cello" > "Brass")   # True  because "C" (67) > "B" (66)
print("Cello" == "cello")  # False uppercase C ≠ lowercase c

Check code points with ord():

print(ord("a"))  # 97
print(ord("A"))  # 65

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Quick demo

a = 10
b = 7
print(a > b)          # True
print(a == "10")      # False (different types)
print("cat" < "dog")  # True
print("10" > "2")     # False ("1" comes before "2")

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Your exercise

1. Create a file called Task_10.py.

2. Set x = 4 and y = 9.

3. Print the results of these comparisons on separate lines:

   • x == y
   • x != y
   • x < y
   • x >= y

4. Define word1 = "Alpha" and word2 = "alpha". Compare them with ==, <, and >, printing each result.

5. Use ord() to print the Unicode code point of the first character in both word1 and word2.

6. Add one line that shows whether x * 2 is equal to y - 1.

Run the script and verify the printed booleans match your expectations.