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Posted by Reign Anu
Reign Anu
1,537 Points

Confusion over term.

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

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here

1 Answer

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points

Hi Reign

== is a Comparison operator and = is an assignment operator.

see below 

a =5 
c = 10

a == c will return False # because your comparing the value of a with the value of c

print (a) # this will return 5

a =10 # here i have re assigned the value of a to 10 using the assignment operator 

print(a) # will return 10 after assignment

hope this helps

Reign Anu
Reign Anu
1,537 Points

Thanks a mill!!