String Compare “Logic”

Question

Can anybody please tell me why the string comparisons below deliver these results?

>>\"1040\"<=\"12000\"  
True  
>> \"1040\"<=\"1         


        

Answer 1

To expand on the John P's answer, think of the strings as words, and read them left-to-right.

To look at it another way,

BAEA would come before BCAAA but after BAAAA