Python not equal operator

python deprecated not-operator
coredump picture coredump · Sep 10, 2012 · Viewed 9.8k times · Source

I come from a c style languages, so I am natural in using != as not equal, but when I came to Python, from the documentation I read, I learned that for this purpose the <> operator is used.

Recently, I have seen a lot of code using !=, so my question is if one of them is preferred over the other or is one of them deprecated.

Also, I would like to know if there is any difference between them.

Answer

Martijn Pieters picture Martijn Pieters · Sep 10, 2012

Python 2 supports both, in python 3 the <> operator has been removed.

There is no difference between the two, but != is the preferred form.

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