What is the expected output of the following code? ``python print('Mike' > 'Mikey') ``

The correct answer is A. False. A is correct because Python compares strings lexicographically, character by character. 'Mike' and 'Mikey' share the same first four characters, but 'Mike' is shorter - and in Python, a string that is a prefix of another is always considered less than the longer one, making…

Question

What is the expected output of the following code?

print('Mike' > 'Mikey')

Options

AFalse
BTrue
C1
D0

How the community answered

(34 responses)

A
71% (24)
B
3% (1)
C
18% (6)
D
9% (3)

Explanation

A is correct because Python compares strings lexicographically, character by character. 'Mike' and 'Mikey' share the same first four characters, but 'Mike' is shorter - and in Python, a string that is a prefix of another is always considered less than the longer one, making 'Mike' > 'Mikey' evaluate to False.

B (True) is wrong because the relationship is actually the reverse: 'Mike' < 'Mikey', not greater than.

C (1) and D (0) are wrong because Python's > operator returns a boolean (True or False), not an integer - unlike some languages where comparisons return numeric values.

Memory tip: Think of dictionary order - if you looked up "Mike" and "Mikey" in a dictionary, "Mike" appears before "Mikey," meaning it comes first (is smaller). The word that appears earlier in the dictionary is always the lesser value in Python string comparison.

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