maths python =!<<>>double equals sign there are six comparison operations in python the equality comparison is defined in python with double equals sign"==the sign is doubled to distinguish comparison from assignment there is no "not equalssymbol on the standard keyboard insteadpython uses the "!=pair of characters (as with "**there must be no space between the two characters "less thanand "greater thanwe have already covered these are implemented directly by the "characters there are no "less than or equal toor "greater than or equal tokeysthoughso python resorts to double character sequences again