Boolean Operations

Python provides operators to combine the values using the standard concepts of "and", "or", and "not". These operators are expressed using the words and…

and, or, not

Python provides operators to combine the values using the standard concepts of "and", "or", and "not". These operators are expressed using the words and, or, and not.

X	Y	X or Y
True	True	True
True	False	True
False	True	True
False	False	False

X	Y	X and Y
True	True	True
True	False	False
False	True	False
False	False	False

X	not X
True	False
False	True

Reading the tables the short way: and is True only when BOTH sides are True. or is False only when BOTH sides are False. not flips the value.