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Ethan Martin
Courses Plus Student 1,883 Pointsanswer = 3.14 <= 3.14 -> Why is this true?
answer = 3.14 <= 3.14
I get that 3.14 is <= 3.14
However, isn't this a bool statement? Wouldn't this be evaluated as... "answer = 3.14" is false -> "False <= 3.14" is false.... right? Where is the error in my thinking
Thank you for all the help guys!
1 Answer

Adam N
70,223 PointsEverything to the right of the assignment operator (equal sign) gets evaluated before it is assigned to the variable.
So, here we first evaluate:
3.14 <= 3.14
Which is True. Python takes that True and then does something like:
answer = True
Let me know if this helps here
Ethan Martin
Courses Plus Student 1,883 PointsEthan Martin
Courses Plus Student 1,883 PointsThank you! I should have realized "answer" was a variable. Not a string that is being compared to the other values