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==

Equal to

!=

Not equal to

^>=

Greater than or equal to

<

Less than

or

Returns True if at least one condition is True

and

Returns True only if both conditions are True

not

Reverses the Boolean value (not True → False)

True or False and True

True (because 'and' runs first: False and True → False, then True or False → True)

logical operator precedence in Python

Arithmetic, Relational, not, and, or

if statement syntax

if condition:

do something

elif

Checks another condition if the first one is False

else

If all previous conditions are False

first letter of a word in Python

word[0]

f-string

Embeds expressions in strings using {} inside f""

positional argument

Value assigned based on position in the function call

keyword argument

Value assigned based on the name of the parameter

default parameter

A parameter with a default value in the function definition

default parameters placement

After non-default parameters

All caps with underscores, like PI = 3.14

named constant in Python

recursion

A function calling itself

base case

A condition that stops the recursion

recursive case

The part of the function that calls itself

recursion never stops

RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

base case for factorial(n)

If n == 0: return 1

edge case

A case that occurs at the boundary of valid input (e.g., n = 0)