Conditionals and Booleans Summary

These flashcards cover key concepts related to Booleans, relational and logical operators, conditionals, and string comparisons as discussed in the lecture.

Boolean

A type that assumes any test is either True or False.

Default Boolean Value

The default value for Boolean types; returns False except when not specified.

Relational Operators

Operators used to compare values and yield Boolean results, such as

Substring

A segment of a string determined when one string is contained within another.

Logical Operators

Operators that take Boolean inputs to return a single Boolean value; includes 'and', 'or', and 'not'.

Ordering of Logical Operators

The precedence of operators: relational operators > not > and > or.

Conditional Statement

An if statement that executes a block of statements based on a condition.

if-elif-else Statement

A structure for deciding between multiple alternatives based on conditions.

Print Function

A basic function used in Python to output data to the console.

ord()

A function used to find the number associated with a character in Python.