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True and False in Code

Literal values

In most programming languages, you write true and false as literal keywords. Python uses True and False (write in uppercased).

Comparisons produce boolean values. When you write 5 > 3, the result is true. When you write 10 == 7, the result is false.

These boolean results feed into if statements, while loops, and ternary operators. If your condition evaluates to true, the code block runs. If false, it skips.