"is" vs "==" in Python – What's the Difference? (And When to Use Each)

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It's easy to get tripped up by Python's "is" and "==" operators for object comparison. In this video I'll explain the difference with a few easy to understand examples.

There's a difference in meaning between equal and identical. And this difference is important when you want to understand how Python's is and == comparison operators behave.

The == operator compares by checking for equality - the "is" operator, however, compares identities.

The difference between them breaks down to down to two short definitions:

An is expression evaluates to True if two variables point to the same (identical) object.

An == expression evaluates to True if the objects referred to by the variables are equal (have the same contents).

Check out this tutorial if you want to drill deeper: https://dbader.org/blog/difference-be...

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