string1 = input("Enter a string: ")
string2 = input("Enter a string: ")

if string1 == string2:     #compare two strings for equality. 
    print("They are the same")
elif string1< string2:
    print(string1, " is smaller than (i.e. alphabetically before) ", string2)
else:
    print(string1, " is larger than (i.e. alphabetically after) ", string2)
 

# case-sensitive
# Actually, is "asciibetical" order:
# all uppercase letters are before all lowercase letters
# punctuation and digits are all over the place...