On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Arnej Duranovic <arne...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I type this in the python idle shell ( version 3...) : > '0' <= '10' <= '9' > The interpreter evaluates this as true, WHY? 10 is greater than 0 but not 9 > Notice I am not using the actual numbers, they are strings...I thought that > numbers being string were ordered by their numerical value but obviously > they are > not? Can anyone explain this to me and explain how strings with numbers in > them are ordered? > > Thx in advance. > because '0' is less than '1', and '1' is less than '9'
The comparison is done on a character by character basis -- Joel Goldstick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
