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Chained Comparisons

Basic Chained Comparisons You can chain any comparison operators together. Python evaluates them left to right, and all comparisons must be true for the entire expression to be true: Chained comparisons are especially useful in data validation, where you frequently need to confirm values fall within acceptable ranges: Practical Range Checking Chained comparisons are perfect for validating that values fall within expected ranges: Chaining Comparisons You can also chain equality operators, which is useful for checking if multiple values are equal: Chained comparisons are especially easy to get wrong when combining inequality operators. The safest approach is to read the chain aloud as a mathematical expression: "Is value at least 0 and at most 100?" maps directly to "0 <= value <= 100". When