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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python You Can't Handle the Truth!

Posted by wpnawzshaq
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Booleans

What are exactly booleans? I heard about bool type of data or something. Are they related in any way?

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AJ Longstreet
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They are the same thing. Boolean values consist of True and false.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boole

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