Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!xlned.com!feeder7.xlned.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'that?': 0.05; '[0]': 0.07; '"a"': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'subject:python': 0.11; '(the': 0.15; '8-bit': 0.16; 'email addr:hotmail.com>': 0.16; 'equivalents': 0.16; 'received:192.168.1.50': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; '<': 0.17; 'unicode': 0.17; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.25; '"python"': 0.29; '>>>>': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.29; 'function': 0.30; 'url:python': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'thanks': 0.34; 'built-in': 0.35; 'compared': 0.35; 'false': 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'charset:us- ascii': 0.36; 'url:docs': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.39; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.62; 'letters': 0.62; 'url:reference': 0.84; 'to:addr:hotmail.com': 0.98 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :cc:message-id:references:to:x-mailer:x-gm-message-state; bh=HF1MaTKD1OpHMjR4JatiXoShe0huEpw5hgHapiOJgXM=; b=IRVQ+0zFW8R0kdkFWZvoLhMkIxuUI2CwXMuYyxUJ9xy7zO9oKiISzvNfK4D0BMU+1Q pYB7HOCZJC96/zjnjOER8mXKYn1OD7vpqqUaH/sDJq8SN78WPe6Oq8A49pXqcMtEgv79 42UYPha0OFQ1XMX5BzJmB6/0HTnpZg34ccudqcOlV45kZYy/l/3xMAZwk3OPXfr2V+Wb BgrbuMMBE99IextFBIAAB1hPyvLo1+So8FpllQRH/txlbdZ4fLSGs5h3cCMijbXw/RF9 kvhKJ23vUcsfEZhsdouY60015RM/LaXXrf0OXo6sP3KbtTyOr8xgioGD55nweO5VjYfk RJ+Q== X-Received: by 10.205.13.193 with SMTP id pn1mr10826029bkb.114.1363786735946; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:38:55 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_1762AE25-63ED-40EB-876D-A7D495818318" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: "monty" < "python" From: Jan Oelze In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:38:23 +0100 References: To: franzferdinand X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlQf/FRQYTZvBYttrB/HouREad1UvSvMhx5XWRdyPFQzsWSm8pMWlfeOUVHZCannsLjqBbo Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 62 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1363786737 news.xs4all.nl 6840 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:50970 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:41587 --Apple-Mail=_1762AE25-63ED-40EB-876D-A7D495818318 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii =46rom the docs[0]: "Strings are compared lexicographically using the numeric equivalents = (the result of the built-in function ord()) of their characters. Unicode = and 8-bit strings are fully interoperable in this behavior." [0] http://docs.python.org/2/reference/expressions.html#not-in On 20.03.2013, at 14:33, franzferdinand = wrote: >>>> "Monty" < "Python" > True >>>> "Z" < "a" > True >>>> "Monty" < "Montague" >=20 > False > What's the rule about that? Is it the number of letters or what? > thanks > --=20 > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list --Apple-Mail=_1762AE25-63ED-40EB-876D-A7D495818318 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii =46rom = the docs[0]:

"Strings are compared lexicographically = using the numeric equivalents (the result of the built-in function = ord()) of their characters. Unicode and 8-bit strings are fully = interoperable in this behavior."

[0] http:/= /docs.python.org/2/reference/expressions.html#not-in

On 20.03.2013, at 14:33, franzferdinand <melo.dumoulin@hotmail.com>= ; wrote:

"Monty" < = "Python"
True
"Z" = < "a"
True
"Monty" = < = "Montague"

False
What's = the rule about that? Is it the number of letters or = what?
thanks
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