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I thought = was a mathematical operator, not a logical operator; why does Python use

>= instead of >==, or <= instead of <==, or != instead of !==?

Thanks in advance for any clarification. I would have posted this in the help forums of FreeCodeCamp, but I wasn't sure if this question was too.......unspecified(?) for that domain.

Cheers!

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Edit: I think I get it now! Thanks so much to everyone for helping, and @[email protected] and @[email protected] in particular! ^_^

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It would be confusing and weird if โ€œ=โ€ did different things depending on the context.

That's why I'm confused! It seems like it does!

If I were to write the code

x = 20
print(x*2)

it would execute as 40.

But then the video turns around and says that == is equal to, not =.