On 02/23/2011 10:22 PM, Edward Martinez wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the list and programming.
> i have a question, why when i evaluate strings ie 'a' > '3' it reports
> true, how does python come up with that?
Welcome! As far as I know, it compares the value of the ord()'s.
>>>ord('a')
97
>>>ord('3')
51
This is their number in the ASCII system. You can also do this:
>>>chr(97)
'a'
>>>chr(51)
'3'
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Corey Richardson
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