Hi, this is not a question related to this topic but something I encountered when playing with python a = 10 b = 10 d = 3 c = a/d x = a/d print(c, id(c)) print(c, id(c)) print( c is x) Even though, both c and x variable references the same value and points towards the same memory location (c is x) statement will return False. But if I explicitly mention c = 10/3 x = 10/3 It will return True. Why is this happening?

Hey Nirmal, Thank you for your question and experimenting with the Python language! The variables c and x are not the same objects. Notice that your print functions print the id of object c twice and that is why you get the same id printed out. Typing print(c is x) would indeed return False, as c and x are not the same objects. However, the following print(c == x) would return True, as both objects store the same value. Hope this helps! :) Kind regards, 365 Hristina

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