Note: The attached image is a screenshot of page 31 of Dr. Charles Severance's book, Python for Everybody: Exploring Data Using Python 3 (2024-01-01 Revision).

I thought = was a mathematical operator, not a logical operator; why does Python use

>= instead of >==, or <= instead of <==, or != instead of !==?

Thanks in advance for any clarification. I would have posted this in the help forums of FreeCodeCamp, but I wasn't sure if this question was too.......unspecified(?) for that domain.

Cheers!

Edit: I think I get it now! Thanks so much to everyone for helping, and @FizzyOrange@programming.dev and @itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone in particular! ^_^

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

It would be confusing and weird if "=" did different things depending on the context.

= is the assignment operator

== is the comparison operator.

the others using = only is probably just to keep things short, and the fact that the context is a lot clearer with another character like < next to the =

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

It would be confusing and weird if “=” did different things depending on the context.

That's why I'm confused! It seems like it does!

If I were to write the code

x = 20
print(x*2)

it would execute as 40.

But then the video turns around and says that == is equal to, not =.

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