diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst index b4db3f01591..01e437bb5da 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst @@ -678,18 +678,17 @@ intended. Comparing Sequences and Other Types =================================== - -Sequence objects may be compared to other objects with the same sequence type. -The comparison uses *lexicographical* ordering: first the first two items are -compared, and if they differ this determines the outcome of the comparison; if -they are equal, the next two items are compared, and so on, until either -sequence is exhausted. If two items to be compared are themselves sequences of -the same type, the lexicographical comparison is carried out recursively. If -all items of two sequences compare equal, the sequences are considered equal. -If one sequence is an initial sub-sequence of the other, the shorter sequence is -the smaller (lesser) one. Lexicographical ordering for strings uses the Unicode -code point number to order individual characters. Some examples of comparisons -between sequences of the same type:: +Sequence objects typically may be compared to other objects with the same sequence +type. The comparison uses *lexicographical* ordering: first the first two +items are compared, and if they differ this determines the outcome of the +comparison; if they are equal, the next two items are compared, and so on, until +either sequence is exhausted. If two items to be compared are themselves +sequences of the same type, the lexicographical comparison is carried out +recursively. If all items of two sequences compare equal, the sequences are +considered equal. If one sequence is an initial sub-sequence of the other, the +shorter sequence is the smaller (lesser) one. Lexicographical ordering for +strings uses the Unicode code point number to order individual characters. +Some examples of comparisons between sequences of the same type:: (1, 2, 3) < (1, 2, 4) [1, 2, 3] < [1, 2, 4]