Python Quick Tip: The Difference Between "==" and "is" (Equality vs Identity)

[@pepehimovic3135]

⚽ = "football" 🏈 = "football" ⚽ == 🏈 >>> True ⚽ is 🏈 >>> False

[@ghostriley22]

football != handegg

[@coreyms]

Haha. That’s great

[@vaguebrownfox]

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[@angjohnsyin9517]

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[@Remls]

'coke' == 'pepsi' *_BLASPHEMY!_*

[@Xartab]

I had no idea lists would behave like that, that's really important to keep in mind when assigning variables!

[@shreyashkashyap]

Extremely well explained! It was a bit confusing in the pepsi example but the programming example made it all clear.

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[@coreyms]

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[@Gaspar.Albertengo]

Excellent. Would be nice to see how "is" interacts with "not", "in", ect.

[@nythepegasus]

I know this is a very old comment, but you cannot use is with in, it throws a SyntaxError. “is not” gives a SyntaxWarning asking if you meant “!=“

[@lukebircharchive3833]

@@nythepegasus The syntax warning is because you probably should've used "!=" or not "==" in that case instead of "is not". If you type in "2 is 3", it would probably show you the same warning.

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[@PandhuW]

I like your explanation. I also like your pandas tutorial video. Btw, I saw this in a book a = [1, 2, 3] c = list(a) a == c >>> True a is c >>> False

[@scotttct]

I am taking a course on Python and this was very helpful to see how and why the == and is comparisons are used in code. Thanks!

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[@ulfgj]

@3:46 - now how did u space out that list so nicely? shortcut?

[@LuisSanchezLouieLouie]

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[@NomadLovesUs]

Clear and concise, thank you!

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[@davidm.johnston8994]

Thank you for this video Corey!

[@blueexorcist4300]

what happens if you use the is on two primitives?

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[@rounakghosh6213]

Awesome, thanks for the clear explanation..

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[@aikimark1955]

I wish you had included a "Type() is" example as well as the .copy() method for your second list

[@glorytoarstotzka330]

4:15 question : could you also do "print(l1 == l2)" instead of "if l1 == l2: print(True) else: print(False)" ? . Edit: I see that at the end of the video you've done this , so my question has been answered

[@coreyms]

Yes. I just did it with the conditional at first so that it was more clear what was going on.

[@lethanhtu125]

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[@leondaz]

I understand them perfectly because I made a project using them, but I still like if corey explains them, cause 100% I'll learn something new

[@rainbowskeppy5292]

3:55 you could just write print(l1 == l2)

[@davidcarter8932]

Your videos are exceptional. I enjoy them all. In this one it would help to expand a little on when to use "is" or ==. Linter seems to want me to use "is" in logical comparisons, but doesn't complain about == in other comparisons. So, should we use "value is True" and "x == y"? "Value is True" seems to work, but I don't trust it based upon your description about having identical memory locations. Are True and False assigned fixed memory locations and logical variables assigned one of those two memory locations? Since I don't know the answer, I am inclined to always use == which may not be pretty, but it works. What do you think?

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[@coreyms]

Predawn

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How to comment everything like he did at 5:59?

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[@thinktech2936]

Very well explained

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Thanks for knowledge

[@yoyolubi]

Let me se if i got it right... so basicaly when you use l2 = l1 in Python is the same thing as you use int* l2 = l1 to point to the l1 array in C, both lists (or arrays) end up refering to the same memory address? But when i use l1, l2 = 100, 100 print(l1 is l2) It returns true, so why? I mean... i didnt use l1 = l2 although they have the same value... Is it because both are the same instance of the integer class in Python, and by that refers to the same object when l1 and l2 variables recives their values?

[@MJFAN666]

That's weird.. So what if I say l2=l1 and modify l2? Will it also change l1?? What if I wanted to make a copy of the var without messing with mem location?

[@jinyang4796]

== checks for equality is checks for identity (i.e. are the objects from the same memory address?) Values can be considered equal without being the same object in memory.

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[@robot341]

This is Important topic, Good !!

[@souvikghosh6966]

If the names to the two persons are the same, then we call they are '==' to each other. If they look like exactly the same like twins then we call they are identical, which means they are 'is' to other. Nice!!!

[@legend7890]

really good explanation

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Hey man, I am from Brazil and I like a lot your videos. Do you have plans to make a Kivy Tutorials??? Thank you for the amazing videos.

[@GK-lf1ll]

Why do we have two variable names for same memory location? Where can we apply in programming?

[@s1n7ax]

If you have a object list, and you want to remove a given object from the list, you can use 'is' i guess. Not a python programmer but most of the languages are using 'is' concept by default so this is one use case.

[@franciscorossi5633]

Could anybody tell me which program or text editor is he using to run Python in this video? Thanks

[@linuxrant]

wonderful video!

[@mauricioyaman570]

excelent explanation

[@Yashparwal1]

thanks for the explanation

[@samytamim2603]

can we use is keyword with Primitive Values ?

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[@rubemjr9623]

So is the is keyword equivalent to comparing C pointers?

[@Miyota_9015]

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[@tyt00341]

Thanks u teach well may I check which python IDLE are u using thanks

[@lelgenio]

I think he uses Sublime text Also, IDLE is the name of the simple python IDE I would recommend you trying Thonny if you are just starting

[@ihalil95]

Amazing video as always. My question is x = 2 y = 2 if x is y: print(True) x and y are different. but their id(x) and id(y) are the same. Why? Also when make y = 2.0 float its id changes.

[@coreyms]

That’s because some common values are immediately stored in memory when Python is first run for efficiency reasons. So sometimes you get behavior like this. But I wouldn’t rely on using “is” in that way in your programs because it won’t always be true.

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[@ricardoseung1785]

Is the command "is" the same as command "="? thank you!

[@tiagu8085]

No. '=' is assignment

[@RichellyItalo]

Please, what's your font family?

[@coreyms]

Source Code Pro

[@RichellyItalo]

@@coreyms thanks. One more thing. And the color scheme?

[@coreyms]

Richelly Italo Predawn. I have a video on how I set up my Sublime Text if you want to see the full setup.

[@RichellyItalo]

@@coreyms Thanks man!!! I'm watching now.

[@TeguhGunawan]

Thanks 👍

[@maievmaiev8327]

how can i copy l1 in another list named l2, and when changing l2 it wont affect l1, cause by copiying with =, the changes done on l1 will accure on l2

[@coreyms]

Hey there. Great question. Instead of giving all the different options in a long comment, I think this StackOverflow answer does a great job of explaining your different options: stackoverflow.com/questions/2612802/how-to-clone-or-copy-a-list

[@dmitryvlasov931]

l2=l1.copy()

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[@balzerno1]

Its funny how i was looking at the exact same thing just before clicking on this video haha

[@AbdurRahman-iy7nd]

Thanks for your definition. I got the point. But the example with pepsi is not so relevant.

[@gfddgitgud3848]

Thank you Thank you Thank you !!!

[@akansh_26]

I was writing a program which had a line as ------- if i != True: --------- here my idle asked to change it into -------- if i is not True ---------- why this happened? and what is the difference?

[@pushpajitbiswas3752]

Good explanation, can you make a video over pandas, numpy, opencv any one of these?

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Hey Corey, can you please make a short video explaining '_' and '__' used in variable declaration in Python? Thanks

[@FixDaily]

That has to do with Private ( _ _ ) or Protect ( _ ) properties on Classes.

[@coreycarter5668]

Even though I already understood this concept.....just going to watch the video because well-he’s amazing!

[@geoClexE]

thank you so much !!!

[@ranjeet1449]

So you switched back to sublime?

[@coreyms]

I use Sublime Text for my tutorials since it's pretty minimalist. I still also use VSCode for my day-to-day coding.

[@ranjeet1449]

@@coreyms I started using atom its not bad, I'm liking it more than I thought I would.

[@rajath1964]

@@coreyms name = "tony" name1 = "tony" print(id(name)) print(id(name1)) if name is name1: print(True) else: print(False) ******************************* the above code returns same memory reference and True. i think you specifically explained for lists

[@needsomehike]

what text editor are you using in these videos? (does anybody know?)

[@andreamagista6742]

Sublime text

[@needsomehike]

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2.2 % 0.1 returns a number very close to 0 instead idk why but on my console it is returning 5.5e-17 instead

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I think when performing this division python uses very close approximation of the numbers instead of the actual values

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[@tulsivanol]

Hello sir, Can u make a tutorial on numpy and pandas?

[@Anjinink]

Hey, and how to use this 'is' ? common scenario.

[@delapuenteignacio]

Most commonly when you assign a True, False, None, etc to a variable, when you want to check for that is common practice to use it. So for example if I define x = False (some code that might change x to True) Here if I want to check if x is still False, I would say: if x is False: (more code) rather than if x == False: (code)

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Thank you.

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@@ldizai yeah just try it out any problem I will be glad to help

[@leemoore8154]

This doesn't seem to work with integer values. a = 5 b = 10 - 5 print(a is b) ----- True If you change it to b = 10/2 to get a float, then it prints False, but if they're both integers with the same value, they seem to be stored in the same place in memory.

[@benx5781]

🏀=ball 🎾=ball 🏀=🎾 if 🏀==🎾: print("🏀==🎾") if 🏀 is 🎾: print("🏀 is 🎾") Here output will be: 🏀==🎾 🏀 is 🎾

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[@delapuenteignacio]

One thing that might be worth adding is that if I define two integers rather than lists, then they both get stored in the same memory location. i.e. x = 3 y = 3 "x is y" outputsTrue. This won't happen with strings unless its just one word. So if x = 'a string' y = 'a string' "x is y" outputs False but if x = 'justoneword' y = 'justoneword' "x is y" outputs True. Go figure...

[@rajath1964]

same holds good for string also, name = "tony" name1 = "tony" print(id(name)) print(id(name1)) if name is name1: print(True) else: print(False) ********************************* the above code returns same memory reference and True. i think he was specifically describing for lists

[@scifregizmoguy]

# An `is` expression: A is B # Will evaluate to a boolean. # An equivalent expression: id(A) == id(B)

[@AjayJain-ef2mz]

what about id(A) is id(B)?

[@sainco3036]

thanks.