{"id":7824,"date":"2025-04-22T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/?p=7824"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:47:10","slug":"how-to-compare-strings-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-compare-strings-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Compare Strings in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Often Python developers need to compare strings in Python for different purposes. You may need to perform string comparison to check if they are equal or not, or when you need to sort them, or to check if one string is a substring of another, and more. There are several ways to easily compare strings in Python. In this article, we will learn how to compare strings in Python. But before we dive into the topic, it is important to know the different types of string comparisons that can be in Python.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-compare-strings-in-python\/#Types_of_String_comparison_in_Python\" >Types of String comparison in Python<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-compare-strings-in-python\/#How_to_Compare_Strings_in_Python\" >How to Compare Strings in Python<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-compare-strings-in-python\/#1_Using_Comparison_Operators\" >1. Using Comparison Operators<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-compare-strings-in-python\/#2_Using_is_and_is_not_operators\" >2. Using is and is not operators<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-compare-strings-in-python\/#3_Case_insensitive_comparison\" >3. Case insensitive comparison<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-compare-strings-in-python\/#4_Substring_comparison\" >4. Substring comparison<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-compare-strings-in-python\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Types_of_String_comparison_in_Python\"><\/span>Types of String comparison in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are different types of string comparison available in Python. Depending on the kind of comparison you want to perform, you need to use the appropriate operator or function. Let us look at them one by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lexicographic comparison<\/strong> &#8211; In this case, we purely compare the values of the strings. We check whether they have the same sequence of characters, or if one comes before the other alphabetically. This kind of comparison is done using the Unicode values of the strings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Memory location comparison<\/strong> &#8211; Here we check if the strings refer to the same memory location or not. We don&#8217;t compare their values.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Case insensitive<\/strong> &#8211; If you try to compare strings that have the same sequence of characters but different letter case, then you will get a mismatch. In such cases, you need to do a case insensitive match by converting them into same lower\/upper case.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Substring check<\/strong> &#8211; In this case, we simply check if one string is a substring of the other. This is required if there is a partial match, or you just want to check the presence of one string ianother.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you have an idea of the different ways to compare strings, let us look at the operators and functions available to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Compare_Strings_in_Python\"><\/span>How to Compare Strings in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the different ways to compare strings in Python.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Using_Comparison_Operators\"><\/span>1. Using Comparison Operators<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this solution, we compare strings using operators ==, !=, &lt;, &gt;, &lt;= and &gt;=. In each case, the Unicode values of strings are compared. These are generally used to compare all sorts of data such as numbers, lists, and so on. You can also use them for strings. Here is how the different operators work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>== &#8211; check if two strings are equal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>!= &#8211; check if two strings are unequal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&lt; &#8211; checks if the left string comes alphabetically before the right string<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&gt; &#8211; checks if the right string comes alphabetically after the right string<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&lt;= &#8211; check if the left string is equal or alphabetically before the right string<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&gt;= &#8211; check if the right string is equal or alphabetically after the right string<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the different examples to demonstrate their application<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">a = 'apple'<br>b = 'banana'<br>c = 'apple'<br><br>print(a==c) # True<br>print(a!=c) # False<br><br>print(a==b) # False<br>print(a&lt;b)  # True<br>print(b&lt;=c) # False<br><br>print(c&gt;b) # False<br>print(c&gt;=a) # True<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Using_is_and_is_not_operators\"><\/span>2. Using is and is not operators<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, you may need to check if two strings (variables or literals) are stored at the same location. In this case, you are not interested in comparing their values but only their location to see if they are nothing but the same memory reference. For this purpose, you can use &#8216;is&#8217; and &#8216;is not&#8217; operators. The &#8216;is&#8217; operator returns true if the strings refer to the same memory location, else it returns false. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">a = 'apple'<br>b = 'banana'<br>c = a<br><br>print(a is c) # True<br>print(a is b) # False<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8216;is not&#8217; operator returns true if both strings refer to different memory locations, else it returns false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">print(a is not c) # False<br>print(a is not b) # True<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Case_insensitive_comparison\"><\/span>3. Case insensitive comparison<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes the strings you are comparing, may be in different cases. In such instances, even if they contain the same sequence of characters, still you will get a mismatch. Here is an example to show it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">a = 'apple'<br>b = 'Apple'<br><br>print(a == b) # False<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, you need to convert both the strings to the same case, upper or lower, before comparison. You can use lower() function to convert all characters of a string to the lowercase. You can use upper() function to convert all characters of string to uppercase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">a = 'apple'<br>b = 'Apple'<br><br>print(a.lower()) # output is apple<br>print(a.upper()) # output is APPLE<br>print(a.lower() == b.lower()) # True<br>print(a.upper() == b.upper()) # True<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Substring_comparison\"><\/span>4. Substring comparison<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this situation, we check if one string is a part of the other. We do not check if they are equal or not. This is useful if you do not want to check for equality but mere presence of one string in the other. For this purpose, we use &#8216;in&#8217; and &#8216;not in&#8217; operators. The &#8216;in&#8217; operator returns True, if one string is present in another, else it returns False. The &#8216;not in&#8217; operator returns True, if one string is not present in the other, else it returns True.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">a = 'apple'<br>b = 'apple pie'<br>c = 'banana'<br><br>print(a in b) # True<br>print(b in a) # False<br><br>print(a in c) # False<br>print(a not in c) # True<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, the order of strings is important while using in\/not in operators. If you do not maintain the correct order, you may get unexpected result. When we checked if string a is present in b, we got True. When we checked if b is present in a, we got False.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use this solution to check if a string is present in a list of strings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">a = ['apple','banana','cherry']<br>b = 'apple'<br>c = 'dates'<br>print(b in a) # True<br>print(c in a) # False<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, you may need to also check if one string starts or ends with another string. For this purpose, you can use startswith() and endswith() functions. You can directly call them from any string variable or literal. Here are their syntaxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">string.startswith(substring)<br>string.endswith(substring)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to call them on the original string and pass the substring as argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a couple of examples to demonstrate their use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">a = 'apple'<br>b = 'apple pie'<br>c = 'banana'<br>d = 'ripe banana'<br><br>print(b.startswith(a)) # True<br>print(d.endswith(c)) # True<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we have learnt several simple ways to easily compare strings in Python. We have learnt the different types of string comparison available in Python. We have also learnt the different operators and functions available for each of these types. We learnt how to perform lexicographic checks that compare only the character sequence of strings. We also learnt how to check if the strings refer to the same memory location. Then we also learnt how to compare strings if they are different letter case. Lastly, we learnt how to check if one string is a substring of another. You can use any of these solutions as per your requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-remove-characters-from-string-in-python\/\">How to Remove Characters from Python String<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/what-are-f-strings-in-python-how-to-use-f-strings-in-python\/\">What are f-strings in Python? How to use f-strings?<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ubiq.co\/tech-blog\/how-to-work-with-zip-files-in-python\/\">How to Work with ZIP Files in Python<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software developers need to compare strings in Python. 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