Python Coding challenge - Day 15 | What is the output of the following Python Code?

 

Code Explanation:

The copy method:

a.copy() creates a shallow copy of the list a.

A shallow copy means that a new list object is created, but the elements inside the list (if mutable) are not deeply copied.

The is operator:

is checks for object identity, i.e., whether two variables refer to the same object in memory.

What happens here:

a and b are two distinct list objects in memory because a.copy() created a new list.

Even though the contents of the two lists are the same, they are not the same object.

Verification:

print(a == b) would return True because == checks for value equality, and both lists contain the same elements.

print(a is b) returns False because they are two different objects in memory.

Final Output:

False