Boolean Types in Python
Boolean Types
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Boolean types in Python are used to represent the truth values of True or False. These are essential elements in programming as they enable us to make decisions in our code based on whether a statement is true or false.
To create a boolean value, we can use the keywords 'True' or 'False' or we can use comparison operators like '==', '!=', '<', '<=', '>', or '>=' which evaluate to either True or False.
For example:
x = 10 y = 5 # Equals print(x == y) # False # Not equals print(x != y) # True # Less than print(x < y) # False # Greater than print(x > y) # True
Boolean types can also be combined using logical operators such as 'and', 'or' and 'not' to create more complex conditions.
For example:
x = 10 y = 5 z = 2 print(x > y and x > z) # True print(y > x or z > y) # True print(not x == y) # True
These boolean expressions can be used in conditional statements like 'if', 'elif', and 'else' which allows us to control the flow of our program.
Here is an example:
x = 5 y = 10 if x < y: print("x is less than y") elif x > y: print("x is greater than y") else: print("x is equal to y")
This will output: "x is less than y"
March 25, 2023