copy/paste the symbol here ≠ into a Notepad window, click SAVE, then at bottom right, change ANSI in "Encoding" box to Unicode. There are two ways to write the Python not equal comparison operator:. alt+8800 does NOT work. In windows, Press start and search for "character map" Search for the symbol you want, and select to copy it to clipboard then you can copy/paste it any time you need. nor does 2260 then alt+x - nothing works, period.

Most developers recommend sticking with != in Python, because both Python 2 and Python 3 support this syntax.>, however, is deprecated in Python 3, and only works in older versions: The syntax for not equal in Python.