[ Python 常見問題 ] Difference between '==' and 'is' operator

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Question
I've got a python program where two variables are set to the value 'public'. In a conditional expression I have the comparison var1 is var2 which fails, but if I change it to var1 == var2 it returns True. now if I open my python interpreter and do the same "is" comparison it succeeds:

>>> s1 = 'public'
>>> s2 = 'public'
>>> s2 is s1
True

How-To
is is identity testing, == is equality testing. what happens in your code would be emulated in the interpreter like this:

>>> a = 'pub'
>>> b = ''.join(['p', 'u', 'b'])
>>> a == b
True
>>> a is b
False

Supplement
* Is there a difference between `==` and `is` in Python?

is will return True if two variables point to the same object, == if the objects referred to by the variables are equal (__eq__).