Comparison and Logical Operators

What You’ll Learn

You’ll learn how to compare values and combine multiple conditions together.

Comparison Operators

These compare two values and return True or False:

• == Equal to (5 == 5 is True)
• != Not equal to (5 != 3 is True)
• > Greater than
• < Less than
• >= Greater than or equal to
• <= Less than or equal to

Logical Operators

These combine multiple comparison statements:

1. and

Returns True if both statements are true.

age = 25
has_license = True

if age >= 18 and has_license:
    print("You can rent a car.")

2. or

Returns True if at least one of the statements is true.

day = "Saturday"

if day == "Saturday" or day == "Sunday":
    print("It's the weekend!")

3. not

Reverses the result (returns False if the result is true).

is_raining = False

if not is_raining:
    print("Let's go for a walk.")

Common Mistakes

• Confusing = and ==: A single = is for assignment (setting a variable). A double == is for comparison (checking if two things are equal).