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Python Compare Strings: Methods, Operators & Best Practices

Updated on June 16, 2026
👁 Python Compare Strings: Methods, Operators & Best Practices

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- Hobbes.Christine

print(‘Apple’ < ‘ApplePie’) does not return True because of the length. print(‘2’ < ‘11’) will return False.

- Ammar S Salman

when comparing strings, is only unicode of first letter considered or addition of unicodes of all the letters is considered?

- BS

You missed one thing, if it’s ‘applebanana’ and ‘appleorange’ then ‘appleorange’ is greater than ‘applebanana’. Hopefully, this helps.

- Akash

what if I want to get the difference in term of percentage.For instance , Apple and apple instead of getting false can I get a percentage of similarity like 93%

- Ahmed

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