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Posted by Reign Anu
Reign Anu
1,537 Points

Confusion over term

Though I know this has been covered before, whats the difference between "==" and "="?

1 Answer

Kieren Hughes
Kieren Hughes
2,851 Points
Kieren Hughes
Kieren Hughes
2,851 Points

== is a comparison operator, whereas = is used for assignment.

For example:

a = 5 will assign the value 5 to the variable a.

2 == 3 will return False as 2 is not equal to 3

2 == 2 will return True

Hope that helps!

Reign Anu
Reign Anu
1,537 Points

Thank you so much!!!

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hey Reign,

see this code example as additional information.

// assignment
a = 5

// comparison
if a == 5:
    print("the value of a is 5".format(a))

Grigorij