python operator precedence of in and comparison
It has nothing to do with precedence. In Python relational operators chain, and containment is considered a relational operator. Therefore:
'1' in '11' == True
is the same as:
('1' in '11') and ('11' == True)
which is false since True
is not equal to "11".
The Python manual says in
and ==
are of equal precedence. Thus, they're evaluated from left to right by default, but there's also chaining to consider. The expression you put above ('1' in '11' == True
) is actually being evaluated as...
('1' in '11') and ('11' == True)
which of course is False
. If you don't know what chaining is, it's what allows you to do something like...
if 0 < a < 1:
in Python, and have that mean what you expect ("a is greater than 0 but less than 1").
Chaining allows you to write x < y < z
, and mean x < y and y < z
. Look at this interaction:
>>> (False == True) == False
True
>>> False == (True == False)
True
>>> False == True == False
False
>>>
So in your example, '1' in '11' == True
is equivalent to ('1' in '11') and ('11' == True)