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catichenor/is_vs_equals.py

Created February 2, 2018 23:33
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Demonstration of the difference between "is" and "==" in Python
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is_vs_equals.py
test = 'hello'
print(test[:-1] == 'hell')
# returns "True"
print(test[:-1] is 'hell')
# returns "False", these do not point to the same object in memory.
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