Why does the "is" keyword have a different behavior when there is a dot in the string? Question: Consider this code: >>> x = “google” >>> x is “google” True >>> x = “google.com” >>> x is “google.com” False >>> Why is it like that? To make sure the above is correct, I have just …
Why does comparing strings using either '==' or 'is' sometimes produce a different result? Question: Two string variables are set to the same value. s1 == s2 always returns True, but s1 is s2 sometimes returns False. If I open my Python interpreter and do the same is comparison, it succeeds: >>> s1 = ‘text’ …
Python: Why does ("hello" is "hello") evaluate as True? Question: Why does “hello” is “hello” produce True in Python? I read the following here: If two string literals are equal, they have been put to same memory location. A string is an immutable entity. No harm can be done. So there is one and only …
"is" operator behaves unexpectedly with integers Question: Why does the following behave unexpectedly in Python? >>> a = 256 >>> b = 256 >>> a is b True # This is an expected result >>> a = 257 >>> b = 257 >>> a is b False # What happened here? Why is this False? …
