Relational operators in Python

Using relational operators we can compare the two items or operands.

Python has the following relational operators.

Operator	Operation
==	Equal
!=	Not equal
>	Greater than
<	Less than
>=	Greater than or equal to
<=	Less than or equal to

Equal - relational operator

To check whether the two operands are equal , '==' operation is performed.

Program

>>> 5 == 6

False

>>> 5 == 5

True

Not Equal - relational operator

To check whether the two operands are not equal to each other, '!=' operation is performed.

Program

>>> 5 != 6

True

>>> 5 != 5

False

Greater than - relational operator

To check whether the first operand is greater than second operand, '>' operation is performed.

Program

>>> 5 > 6

False

>>> 6 > 5

True

Less than - relational operator

To check whether the first operand is less than second operand, '<' operation is performed.

Program

>>> 5 < 6

True

>>> 6 < 5

False

Greater than or equal to - relational operator

To check whether the first operand is greater than or equal to the second operand, '>=' operation is performed.

Program

>>> 5 >= 6

False

>>> 6 >= 5

True

>>> 6 >= 6

True

Less than or equal to - relational operator

To check whether the first operand is less than or equal to the second operand, '<=' operation is performed.

Program

>>> 5 <= 6

True

>>> 6 <= 5

False

>>> 6 <= 6

True

Conclusion

With relational operators we can compare the two items or operands. 

Less than, greater than, is equal to, is not equal to, less than or equal to and greater than or equal to are the relational operators.

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