The <> operator is available in Python 2.x as not equal to operator. there is also != operator for the same operation. In Python 3.x, <> operator is deprecated.
Python 2.7
>>> a=5 >>> b=7 >>> a<>b True >>> a!=b True
Python 3
>>> a=5 >>> b=6 >>> a!=b True >>> a<>b SyntaxError: invalid syntax