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Comparisons, True/False and and/or in Python for Kids

Ask yes-or-no questions and combine them with and, or and not.

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Comparisons & Booleans, explained simply

A comparison is a question with only two possible answers: True or False. These two values are called Booleans, after the mathematician George Boole.

Python has six comparison signs: == (equal), != (not equal), > and < (bigger, smaller), and >= and <= (bigger or equal, smaller or equal).

You can join questions together. and is True only when both sides are True. or is True when at least one side is True. not flips True to False and False to True.

Example: A gate that needs two keys

has_gold_key = True
has_silver_key = False
print(has_gold_key and has_silver_key)
print(has_gold_key or has_silver_key)

Output

False
True

Try this

Change has_silver_key to True and predict both lines before you run it.
Print 7 > 3 and "cat" == "Cat". Was the second one what you expected?
Write a check that is True only if a number is between 1 and 10.

Practise it in Wonderwild

“The two-key gate”

Mission 11 in Message Harbour, one of 36 Python missions in Wonderwild.

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Questions parents and kids ask

Why is "cat" == "Cat" False?+

Python treats capital and small letters as different characters. Use .lower() on both sides first if you want the check to ignore capitals.

Where are Booleans used?+

Everywhere a program makes a decision: in if statements, while loops, game rules and login checks.

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