how to compare two string in python ? I am getting this error

Question

Code syntax:

if( email_from1 != email_from2 & email_subject1 != email_subject2):

Error:

unsupported operand type(s) for &: 'str' and 'str'

Answer 1

In python & is a bitwise operator. It appears you need the logical operator, which would be and. In addition in Python you do not need the () around the expresion for an if. But using tuples you can just do:

if email_from1, email_subject1 != email_from2, email_subject2: