Nov 25, 2023 · The simple answer is = is an assignment operator, == is a comparison operator. And you are wrong in saying that == can be used in any situation when = works. For example …

Mar 4, 2013 · However, Python 3 changed the behavior of / to perform floating-point division even if the arguments are integers. The // operator was introduced in Python 2.6 and Python 3 to …

Does * have a special meaning in Python as it does in C? I saw a function like this in the Python Cookbook: def get (self, *a, **kw) Would you please explain it to me or point out where I can …

Apr 3, 2014 · 15 The other case involving print >>obj, "Hello World" is the "print chevron" syntax for the print statement in Python 2 (removed in Python 3, replaced by the file argument of the …

What exactly do we mean by "storing the result in a"? python variables don't store values directly they store references to objects. In python the answers to both of these questions depend on …

Jun 17, 2011 · 96 What does the “at” (@) symbol do in Python? @ symbol is a syntactic sugar python provides to utilize decorator, to paraphrase the question, It's exactly about what does …

Jan 7, 2009 · When Python loads a source code file, it executes all of the code found in it. (Note that it doesn't call all of the methods and functions defined in the file, but it does define them.)

May 5, 2011 · Underscore _ is considered as " I don't care " or " throwaway " variable in Python The python interpreter stores the last expression value to the special variable called _.

Aug 31, 2008 · What do *args and **kwargs mean in these function definitions? def foo(x, y, *args): pass def bar(x, y, **kwargs): pass See What do ** (double star/asterisk) and * …

Mar 20, 2013 · Working on a python assignment and was curious as to what [:-1] means in the context of the following code: instructions = f.readline()[:-1] Have searched on here on S.O. …