Boston Python workshop 2/Friday tutorial: Difference between revisions

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Use <code>==</code> to test for equality. Recall that <code>=</code> is used for <i>assignment</i> (e.g. <code>my_string == "Hello"</code>).
 
This is an important idea and can be a source of bugs until you get used to it: <codeb>=</code> is assignment, <code>==</code> is comparison</b>.
 
Use <code>!=</code> to test for inequality:
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