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 @[email protected] and @[email protected] in particular! ^_^
That’s exactly it. Some languages (e.g. Rust) make it even more clear¹, by following math notation for assignment even closer:
let x = 5;¹ simplified Rust a little bit, there’s a bit more nuance
Thanks so much to you and @[email protected] for helping! This has been driving me crazy for like 3-4 weeks now! >_<